thx for the feedback.
Finally got my Habotest HT208D a few weeks back from Banggood's EU store, and for 40 Euro it seems like a decent feature-packed AC&DC 1K current clamp meter with a rubber-outer-molding (the red parts) and I do like the bright always-on-semi-colored dual display a lot.
The Habotest HT208D package aint 100% identical with the Kaiweets HT208D, there are a few differences.
It looks to be a partly downgraded version of the Kaiweets flagship HT208D, and as far as I can tell only two things differs.
The black storage casing looks to be of a slightly cheaper variant (no stitch emblem & the black storage casing seems a little flimsy and far from a semi-hard shell like you see with some) and the incl. test leads aint the silicone variant like those that comes with the Kaiweets HT208D, its cheap plastic variant.
Though the unit itself, seems to be identical, and its a clamp meter, so test leads often take a backseat on these devices.
Purchased some of these quite cheap silicone'ish test leads with open-end shielded 4mm banana jacks, which I find is decent bang-for-the-buck,
We're labeled Hantek P1033 and cost merely 3.61USD with shipping & 25% VAT incl. so not a lot - but they go under tons of names, often Cleegee P1033 but will prefer ones that aint 90'degree socket cornered, so P1032.
I tried the inrush-peak feature with a cheap older spot welder from China that has surprised me quite a bit, how well such a cheap spot-welder performs, not least with the price in mind, as it was around 10 bucks (delivered) 4 to 5 years back, so I expected close to nothing., it goes from 1E to 99E (energy) and it corresponds perfectly to the scope's "ms" so 50E = 50ms and its quite convenient that I can just use my LIPO packs from FPV.
I used 2x 4S LIPO packs in parallel, so around 15v. (// I know this mini spot welder is rated for 12v but I didn't see any components that shouldn't let 4S be used and it gets a lot more potent with the added voltage, - there are tons of revisions of this mini battery spot-welder over the last 4 years, this is the preferred first gen)
the org. leads that came bundled. (plastic rated 80 degrees, VW-1 Herwell 2000v 20avg)
the added P1033 with open 4mm jacks
Some of the features- (it list about 100ms measuring-time for inrush peak)
My first clamp-meter with "inrush peak" and don't know jack about many of these features.
I tried the AC-inrush feature, but with a DC-battery spot welder with 2x4S in parallel to use something that could deliver fast current peaks as it was the only thing I had on hand.
In this DC-scenario it does register values very consistently, even at the faster values like 20E (20ms) where it lists just under 500A (481A - 15v).. where at 95E (95ms) it raises to around 560A.. though not sure how I validate it and get an idea of this spot welder's amp delivery, as I am running it with 4S..
the normal feature ranges 60A, 600A and 1000A ain't fast enough for these ms-current pulses.. you can sense the meter's display is trying and stepping up, and stop at like 150A to 250A
Inrush.
20ms
95ms & spec, it claims cat4 600v & cat3 1000v (but usually don't mean jack)
The other features seem to work as intended, it got a 10mA res, but you need around +100mA before it somewhat plays along.
For the dual display HZ (AC) you need quite a lot of amp load before it clocks in.. like + 8A if I recall the same goes for inrush, where you need a decent amp-load before it triggers.
In voltage mode, that freq-secondary hz-display is quite sensitive and will gladly pick up the 49.9/50hz frequency, just holding it up around a live circuit.
it's quite a feature-packed AC/DC 1K current clamp meter for forty bucks (with incl. 25%VAT & shipping) and the always on-display, is my jam - but I'm not familiar with the clampmeter-market (to any extent) and possible alternatives and what they bring' and how well they do it.?
I mainly use the old 210E for lower clamp-current measurements, though it maxes out at 100A, and saw the HT208D as a tool for AC/DC clamp-current measurements above that.
the DC offset in 60A-mode varies between 70mA to 130mA (00.07mA-00.13mA), before zeroing, I haven't tested if it drifts-over-time and all that jazz.