/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1511352
It probably is. Like anon was saying earlier, tons of them are made by the same OE. Look for “Intertek” somewhere on the meter, I’m guessing that is the company that makes em.

Walmart’s Hyper Tough brand is all contracted out too. You will see lots of the same stuff with different generic brands. *Some* of it isn’t all that terrible and not manufactured to be the cheapest possible crap, but rather a generic version of a name brand product that costs 30% more.

>tfw the leads are good for 600V but the caps will fry over 300V
I bet it will do 600V, but it’s a precaution because they don’t want anybody who would buy a Walmart meter to go near anything higher than household voltages.

That thing ain’t half bad for $7. Has a backlight, loud chime for continuity and NCV, stand to keep it upright, and I cut those stupid useless tabs off since there was no good method to wrap the leads around them anyway. The display is a little dim but now I’m about to test the batteries.

The NCV feature on these is straight though. It has 4 bars telling you how close you are to live power, bright red light, and loud beep.