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Default old trusty DVM just died. Recommendations for a replacement?

DaveC wrote:
I use Fluke meters in the field because they're pretty "bullet-proof" re.
their cases.


Not just the cases. My 77 got hit years ago when I got the test lead a
little too close to a flyback transformer. The size of the arc suggested
that I exceeded the maximum allowable voltage by one or two orders of
magnitude. The meter was unfazed, no change in calibration or looks.

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