good pocket multimeter for the glove box

[timbob]

Hello, I bought a Victor VC921 for my car a few years ago, when I had to use it for my car the the screen had die but the meter still turn on. does any one know a good pocket multimeter that I can leave in my car and not worry about it dieing before I need it? I am in Illinois. it need to with stand, and im going with extremes -37 °F (-39 °C) up to 117 °F (47 °C).

[Fungus]

Fluke 101 - Fluke's "extremely rugged" multimeter.

http://www.fluke.com/fluke/inen/digital-multimeters/compact-multimeters/fluke-101.htm?pid=77003

You can get them shipped to your house for under $42: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?&_nkw=fluke+101

[Wytnucls]

LCD screens don't like extreme temperatures and can suffer permanent damage.

[Fungus]

LCD screens don't like extreme temperatures and can suffer permanent damage.

Yes, but good luck finding a non-LCD handheld multimeter.

Fluke 101's storage temperature range is -30 °C to +60 °C

To beat that you'd have to go to something like a Fluke 28 II:

Temperature
Operating -15 °C to +55 °C, to -40 °C for 20 minutes when taken from 20 °C
Storage -55 °C to +85 °C (without battery) -55°C to +60°C (with battery)

But a Fluke 28 II is a lot more expensive.

(And a lot bigger - I don't know how big your glove box is, or how full...)

[nctnico]

It is better store a DMM in a different place. A cool place would be under the seats or in the trunk next to the spare tire.

[Len]

Fluke 101's storage temperature range is -30 °C to +60 °C

So it's OK for most of the year. 

[Fungus]

Fluke 101's storage temperature range is -30 °C to +60 °C

So it's OK for most of the year. 

To be fair: The "-37°C" figure is an unoffical record low, only seen once and not ratified.

If the Victor VC921 lasted a few years then the Fluke 101 will probably be OK. 

[timbob]

Fluke 101's storage temperature range is -30 °C to +60 °C

So it's OK for most of the year. 

To be fair: The "-37°C" figure is an unoffical record low, only seen once and not ratified.

If the Victor VC921 lasted a few years then the Fluke 101 will probably be OK. 

thanks for all the info, I was just went with the extreme what wiki had listed. I will buy the fluke 101 and try it out