working pretty good. things i've noticed: - the capacitor reading is virtually instant, with other meters there is usually a one- to multi-second delay in waiting for that reading. (led to some misdiagnoses in my early days, lol) - the voltages seem to read very steady and seem quite impervious to bouncing up and down when you breathe and or move slightly. (i can't stand a touchy meter, with constantly bouncing readings, makes it hard to trust it) - fairly lightweight - clamp is ergonomic and easy to sneak into most spots
I guess I need to come off the wallet. It sure would free up some room in my Veto. With all the stuff I could take out, I could probably carry a blower motor around or sumthing.. I've been waiting on my old Amprobe AC 10 to die, its gotta be close to 20 years old.... Just replaced the rubber bands that hold the battery door on. Have to thump it on the screen to get it to read out sometimes. This could cause embarrassment in front of a customer..... Putting together a tool bag to keep in my pickup, I guess it will find a home there....
I think it's a great meter. I wish it were a little smaller, overall. Also wish the clamp was smaller/skinnier so it would be easier to grab wires.
yes, i agree. the thinner that diameter of the clamp jaws, the more places you can sneak them into. would be nice to have a 'very' thin profile on them.
It's a good meter. You won't be able to break it! Just kind of disappointing that it doesn't do milivolts dc or any ohm reading above 1K. I switched to a fieldpiece sc56 which does it all.
ah crap, how'my gonna check my thermocouples? maybe it just uses autoranging and reads down that low. i'll try it on next thermocouple.
ok, this thing doesn't do dc millivolts. trash. every $30 meter i've had in the last decade has done dc millivolts. why in the HELL would they leave that out?
That is what I didn't like. They call it an HVAC meter............ And how many 10k ohm thermisters do we check? I see them quite often, but couldn't test them with the 902 because it doesn't go over 1k ohms either.
according to that chart, i can't test thermocouples, but i can certainly test the slew of 1000 uF capacitors i see on a regular basis
Fieldpiece fans will probably disagree, but I think the 902 still the best single meter to carry with you (that I've used). Fieldpiece has a meter that will pretty much "do it all", but my experience with their stuff is they will be trustworthy almost all the time ... in other words, I don't trust them. Fluke meters will take hard use and always be dependable for what they do. That's my experience. I haven't seen another meter I would prefer as my one primary meter. That doesn't mean there isn't a better one somewhere.
I carry an old 87 with clamp on attachment - it does what I need it to do ( can't say Ive tested a thermocouple lately) for micro amps I have a fluke 16 other than that a megger and two back up meters i nthe truck fluke 83 and an old TIF 1000 - yep it still works lol Capacitance 5.00 nF 0.0500 m F 0.500 m F 5.00 m F 0.01 nF 0.0001 m F 0.001 m F 0.01 m F ± (1% + 3) ± (1% + 3) ± (1% + 3) ± (1.9% + 3) Diode Test 3.000V 0.001V ± (2% + 1) Function Range Resolution Accuracy* Burden Voltage (typical) mA † \ (45 Hz to 2 kHz) mA [ 40.00 mA 400.0 mA 4000 mA 10.00A†† 40.00 mA 400.0 mA 4000 mA 10.00 A†† 0.01 mA 0.1 mA 1 mA 0.01A 0.01 mA 0.1 mA 1 mA 0.01A ± (1.0% + 2) ± (1.0% + 2) ± (1.0% + 2) ± (1.0% + 2) ± (0.2% + 2) ± (0.2% + 2) ± (0.2% + 2) ± (0.2% + 2) 1.8 mV/mA 1.8 mV/mA 0.03 V/A 0.03 V/A 1.8 mV/mA 1.8 mV/mA 0.03 V/A 0.03 V/A *** With film capacitor or better, using Relative mode to zero residual. † See page 34 for a complete explanation of this notation. †† 10A continuous, 20A or mifor 30 seconds maximum. W f
benched this meter today! when i couldn't test a thermistor with a resistance range of around 25,000 ohms. dug out my five year old fieldpiece (range up to 200,000) swapped out leads and never looked back
yeah, well, that's better than none of the time. so...whatever i'm not bashing fluke, btw, i am just stating that this is the most grossly inadequate meter i've had in over a decade of doing this work. it's an "HVAC METER" that i can't check thermistors or thermocouples with. i've had many other meters NOT labeled "HVAC METERS" that did all of this and more for 1/10 of the price, and somehow them being right "almost all the time" keeps me right around a zero percent callback rate. as a matter of fact, i don't think i've ever had a callback i could trace to a meter fault. hmm
