Is this the Practical Meter than can go up to 10w/2amps?
1061257
Yes it can go to 10w. There's 5 lights, they are 1w each. When it goes over 5w the light changes colour so you know it's gone above it.
1061258
Shan is correct. The five blue LEDs typically light up one for each watt. When you go over five, the unit goes into "High Power Mode", and the first LED flashes red/blue to indicate that you are drawing 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 watts.
1029586
I would advise against it. This is only a CAT 2 rated meter. That means the internal safety features are not sufficient to handle the higher potential voltage and energy that could come about at a meter panel. http://www.ni.com/white-paper/5019/en You really want a CAT 3 meter if you want to measure any live breaker panels. If you are going to test for bad circuit breakers that are disconnected from the live wiring then you could use this meter to check for continuity and the like. Do not use this meter on anything more powerful than a wall outlet. CAT 3 meters are available for not much more money.
712030
I would think so, since it starts at zero db and reads well above 100 db's. I do not have the meter or its information sheet at home, but I will give you exact info in about a week if you still need more info.
1955407
No problem with energy loss. I have a 30 amp charge controller with a 145 watt SP. I have the same reading 5ft as I do at 50. Bigger wire is better but for my little system 10 ga works great.
2163879
It will measure current well under 5A DC. I've been told clamp on meters aren't very accurate and I think this is compounded at lower currents when the coil is influenced by other stray fields. When I went outside and did a little testing with my trickle charger (and leadtype multimeter in series) I found that it's quite accurate (within 10%) down to 0.5A but when I got to the 0.05A it was out by up to 75%. I think your results will vary depending on environment.
632822
I don't use this meter for ac work. I checked the meter and the info I got with the meter ( which is not much). But it will not do what you want . sorry not much help. Bill
267470
The reading maxes out at 2A. The shunt can handle up to 10A, but it will just keep the meter maxed out about 2A.
1309403
YES, It is the perfect meter to used with a solar inverter. This one wins hands down.
1199508
The UNI-T UT61E is overkill for what you need in my opinion. Less expensive Meters will do what you need to do. Also this meter is not robust enough to stand rough handling. I suggest you buy a meter that is designed for automotive work so it can take the rough handling often being the case...
1285852
This is a great meter, I have purchased two and gave one to my father. The answer to your question is yes, on page 26 which is 4.2.7 you will see that the range runs from 4nF through 20uF and resolution of 1pF through 100 nF.Chris
1389204
It only measures current (not voltage, not power factor) and calculates kW and kW-Hr from that so it's not the most accurate tool for the job. The reports and stuff are good enough to do that, if you can live with perhaps 10% accuracy.
1875522
I would be lying to you if I said I knew. I'm not even sure what you're asking. I bought this multimeter just for one purpose and nothing else. Sorry, I wasn't much help.
1408566
I don't know. I use this for domestic applications only. I bought it because none of my old meters were Catagory 3.
407193
It is not a low impedance true RMS meter such as a FLUKE or a Fieldpiece. But that was not my issue with this meter. I would recommend if you are an electrician ,HVAC tech or any other tradesman that is going use your multimeter everyday then go with a professional grade meter like FLUKE or Fieldpiece. This meter as I stated in my review will not hold up under heavy use. You will get about a year or two out of it. If you buy Fluke or Fieldpiece you will get 10 to 15 years of service.
2216276
It's not a bad meter for the price. Measuring high currents is easy with Hall Effect probes (which is what they have to be to measure DC without breaking the circuit). Hall Effect current probes are far more expensive than AC probes that you see everywhere. Large current Hall Effect probes are easy to make and priced accordingly. Low current Hall Effect probes like this one are tough to make and cost much more. It's all in accuracy and post-zeroing drift. A lab quality, professional Hall Effect probe that has low current capability like this one could cost well over $1000. This one works pretty well though, especially considering the price. The +/-2.5% is: whatever it's reading, in this case say the meter reads 0.500 Amp, this means the meter could be off by as much as +/- 2.5% of this reading or 0.500 A +/- 0.0125 A, or in other words, with 500mA showing, it could be off by as much as +/-12.5mA from this value. The counts part is not related to the +/-2.5% accuracy so it either adds to or subtracts from this error by saying that the meter, showing 0.500 A, could be off by an additional +/- .01 A. The counts thing means that on this scale, the meter displays to 3 significant digits (those to the right of the decimal point). The right most digit is the minimum the meter can respond to. The "count" number of +/- 10 digits refers to this last digit, which in this case is .001 A (1 mA). So in this case the meter reading 0.500 A, could be off by the sum of +/- .0125 A (2.5% of 0.500 A) +/- .010 A (+/-10 digits of the farthest left digit, which on this meter scale is +/- 0.010 A). Watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sq2WRGPABw
480903
I don't think any clamp-on inductive style ammeter is going to be that accurate. Even the really top end ones are probably +-0.2 amps or so. You need the type that has actual wire connections.
1313451
All I have is a hand held meter with a needle. It displays 2.1 amps on start up. I am using an Active Air variable speed controller with mine. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003URBQ1M/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1