07-22-2023, 08:29 PM
(07-22-2023, 01:18 PM)rubes Wrote: Curious why you felt the +$100 or so for the cert is worth it for personal use? Then again, if your spending over $1k on a meter for personal use I guess that $100 is a moot point.
One reason is I got a pretty good discounted price on the meter to begin with.
Quote:That certificate does not give you a more accurate calibration, just certifies that specific unit is within manufacturer specs. So another thing that sux is that you have to pay extra to guarantee compliance to those specs. I think Fluke being an industry leader you wouldn't have to worry bout that. And that cert is only valid for one year anyway.
Very true. As far as Fluke being an industry leader, that only applies to their higher end stuff now in my opinion. For the average Joe with a budget, not so reliable anymore. Test leads for example. I've gotten my fair share of garbage from them since they started producing a number of things in China.
Quote:Like I said, just curious and not judging in any way. I guess I'm just too much of a cheapskate now that I'm retired, and an extra $100 for something that does not change the product in any way seems wasteful. Or maybe TEquipment does actually calibrate to tighter tolerances??
Enjoy the new toy!!!
Wasteful, probably. As it turns out they royally screwed up my order and sent me a meter without the cert. After pulling it out of the box I took the batteries out of the meter to find they had a manufacture date in 2022. So the meter had been sitting in the box on a shelf for at least a year already. Like you said, the cert is only good for 1 year anyway and could have already drifted out of factory specs. So for my own piece of mind I sent it in just to make sure it still met factory specs when it landed in my hands. TEquipment definitely does not calibrate to tighter tolerances. They use a third party calibration lab which I'm sure meets all the standards, but they only give you "in tolerance" or "out of tolerance". No specific test data at all. My cert shows "in tolerance as received" so that's the long and short of it. At least I'll feel confident about using it.
Willie