Quoting Dwayne Reid <dwayner@planet.eon.net>:

> If you don't mind purchasing used equipment, pretty much any of the
> Fluke 80xx family would suit your needs well.  They stack nicely on   
> the bench.
>
> I'm particularly fond of the Fluke 8050A - 4.5 digit, 0.3% accurate
> on DC Volts, true-RMS AC responding, direct reading in dB if you are
> doing audio stuff.  I remember paying more than a month's salary when
> I purchased my first one but most of the others cost much less
> because I bought them surplus many years later.  I have 4 of them and
> rely upon them daily.
>
> I check the calibration every couple of years or so against my HP
> 3455 bench meter - they age gracefully.  I haven't had to adjust any of them.
>
> I have other Fluke instruments in the same form factor - they all   
> stack nicely.
>
> dwayne
>

I was looking at new, cause finding used equipment takes so much time,  
and I'm wary of ebayers, but this is convincing.  I'm seeing current  
prices on these from $30 to <$100, and I really like Fluke.  Still  
using an 8060A after 2 decades.  I might be convincable, but I will  
check to see if there are non ebay sources of these used, and I would  
feel much safer with that.

Cheers,
-Neil.



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