As an aside, the bitching and moaning and whining in this thread reminds me why I think that accounting and economics are things everyone should learn the basics of in school. The absence thereof is plainly evident in this thread.
Marketing does stretch things. Always has. It's just now people can call out the bullshit, or at least try to before they drive the brand off a cliff.
NO! Not the sand from installing solar roadways! In my 8022B !
This guy had a few pipes before rocking up for work
ffs put the freakin meter in a zipped sandwich bag if you're going to play with it in in a sand pit
Do you have even the slightest inkling of how stupid that statement makes you appear?
The point of industrial equipment is that it’s not people “playing” with it.
The point is that they’re tools that can withstand the rigors of industrial environments, including (and especially!) the “oopsies”.
For starters, that's not a rebadged 28-11 aka 87V MAX , or 28-11 EX in the photo above (from floobydust) Fluke meters that stand half a chance to quote
"withstand the rigors of industrial environments" much less a sand dunking by a clueless worksite knuckledragger, perhaps on the turps and or weed the night before,
please note that there are NO LEADS plugged into that meter
Yes yes, sand dunked meters may work 'fine' for while, but it's downhill all the way from that point
Once moisture and rough/fine particle sand, and metal grinding crap gets into those switches and or rotary tracks, it's service overhaul time,
or as Fungus above pointed out > the
bin due to intermittent operation or unreliable readings
Meter users that work on or near the sea/ocean can't afford a salt water splash or sand romp
and don't expect long term miracles from quick fix compressed air blowouts, which may 'push' the problem plus moisture/condensation even further into the meter.
Would you risk your life or employee safety using a half knackered meter in that state ?
i.e one dip or two in that pictured sand and most meters won't perform as they should unless pulled apart, cleaned and finely lubed.
What's your experience using meters in hard core industrial environments,
and have you had to service multimeters crippled due to dust/sand switches and dry/bridging tracks etc?
I have pulled apart and restored operations on 87V, 1520 and some LEM gear that were write offs and now working as new and perfect cal spec
and go easy on the insults too mate, I fell for that baiting thing a handful here like to sport a couple of times,
unfortunately there isn't going to be a hat trick on that