Di-LOG DL6799 AC/DC Fork meter review & comparison. Uni-T 256B & Tenma 72-3545
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2022
- Also starring my 156B clamp meter!
I've been eyeing up a meter that's smaller, lighter, quicker and easier to use than the one I have been using day to day. I suppose I'd been suffering from a bit of "grass is greener". When I found one brand new in packet going cheap, it seemed rude not to. You can never have too many meters, right?
The Di-LOG will be headed to a basic tool kit I'm making to keep at church where it will have a happy retirement of occasional use. Perfect for a meter of its ilk.
Clearly this is aimed as a competitor to the Fluke T5/T6 series. The T5 isn't true RMS and neither do DC current measurement so they're entirely useless for me. - Věda a technologie
I don't find open-fork clamps have too much use really. You have to get the cable right into the gullet of the fork to get an accurate reading. I have used voltage testers with integrated leads most of my career, so that aspect doesn't bother me, but with meters getting more functionality, damaging them gives an increased cost with their replacement.
Testo do a clamp meter with a single straight jaw opening, it is quite unique and can be helpful getting into awkward places, but again it is quite bulky, so does have limitations as well.
Thanks :) I'd been looking at them hoping they'd solve a problem they don't seem to solve.
Have you used the flexible current coils? It would be interesting to see how they perform on your clamp testing rig. Fluke iFlex and that sort of thing.
I get the purpose of a cheap tester with built in leads but for me everything is fighting for space in a bag I need to take up ladders, so if it's just duplicating functionality another tool has there's no need for it. You can't do safe isolation of a solar array without a current clamp, so...
@@tceng9449 I have a Hioki meter that comes with a small Flex adapter and a Flir CM55 that is a clamp meter with a built in Flex. The Flex clamps are based on Rogowski Coil technology, so will only read AC current unfortunately.
You can get the current adapters for use in a multimeter that have both AC and DC functionality.
You slide the probes in from the top, fits in snug. You don’t have to abuse them and jam them in mate
You are of course completely correct!
I guess I'd got used to having to jam them in for storage and just carried on doing that for probing.
Thanks :)
UNI-T UT256 60 A ?
Hmm, I hadn't noticed that. Thanks for the comment.
Aside from the fact it's 600V rated so I wouldn't be able to measure string voltages with it, that might work out nicely if I stick to using it for current.
@@tceng9449 I myself considered this model for purchase, and in the search for information I saw your video. I bought it today, while the price is democratic. Thank you for your hard work.
tenma is uni-t oem .. i prefer uni-t over tenma.. tenma is suck
Uni-T is the OEM for a lot of brands.
Tenma is the Farnell/ CPC own brand, and a lot of their test equipment is from Uni-T.
I've been using their stuff for a while, some is better than others!