I got a little parcel from Martin yesterday. The expected croc leads from Frankie were in there, along with some of the nice little 3 digit LED displays Martin had recently.
Stuck in there as well was the unexpected gift from Martin.
The serial lead, complete with the interface. Will have to either find an USB/serial adaptor or go out and buy yet another one, preferably one I can open to adapt it to work with more than plain serial buses.
Probe set Brymen CATIV 1000V 10A rated, complete with nice gold flashing on them, and the nice little removeable sleeves to make them CATIV.
Next is the surprise, The TBM251 CAT IV/III/II multimeter. When I got it i turned it on, and looked at the functions I could use right off the bat. AC voltage and DC voltage work without a manual, and HZ works even on DC voltage. Resistance works ( not checked for accuracy, will have to dig out the precision resistors and see) and continuity and diode test work. Continuity is not latched, slight delay and not scratchy. tested with my voltage reference, and it is nearly exact, just flipping between 10.00 and 9.99 every so often.
Input selection protection works as well, nice and quick to remind you that you are in danger of doing something stupido.
I did a quick google for the manual ( Brymen site is not the place to look for it though, neither Hellerman Tytron/Toptronic either) and found the Swedish version on Elma Instruments website. First part Swedish, but the English is the second half, and shows functions I was puzzled about. Base model, no True RMS, no LowZ range no data logging, but still a good 6000 count 5 readings/sec meter nontheless.
There is a function called EF, and on reading I saw it is a live cable detector, and it does work quite well. On a mains cable I can see on the low resolution bargraph it shows the twist in the cable as the live lead twists around the inside. I can see that being very useful to play the old game with mains leads - guess the break.
On the whole from the outside a pretty good meter, and when I tried it out on an inverter it worked and displayed both input voltage and when asked input frequency.
Photo's of the inside to follow when I look inside.
