Peetie Wheatstraw wrote:
On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:42:50 -0500, Duff wrote:

Measuring a 470 ohm resistor on my $4 digital multi-meter with the
following scales shows:
...
2000 shows 487

Thats accurate to within 5% -and- properly scaled.

Your $4 unit reads more accurately than my $15 Crapsman.

You're comparing apples and oranges. Resistors commonly
are sold with 5% or 10% markings and can vary that much,
plus or minus. A better test would for you two to measure
the *same* resistor. g