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1601921 No.1601921 [Reply] [Original]

How do I get the multimeter for free with a purchase of something super cheap, like zip ties (https://www.harborfreight.com/24-inch-heavy-duty-cable-ties-10-pack-66487.html)? I tried entering all the coupon codes from https://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/7+FUNCTION+DIGITAL+MULTIMETER, but it says they are all invalid. I signed up for coupons on the site and made an account too.

Posting as a thread so everybody is aware of this steal.

>> No.1601928

Why do you want that thing
I have one and I barely consider it fit to check continuity.

>> No.1601929
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>>1601921
Worked fine for me using the code in your pic

>> No.1601930
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>>1601928
That’s because continuity is not one of the 7 functions.

The $7 Walmart meter is far superior.

>> No.1601933

>>1601929
$5.99
oh gosh op i am so sorry for you. genuinely.m please save your pennies to buy food for your family.

>> No.1601935
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>>1601933

>> No.1601950

>>1601929
How much is shipping?

>> No.1602005

>>1601928
I used to keep one around to check continuity and alternators. Didn't need it to be accurate if it showed 1.5v higher with a car running. They were all good though with DC down to the tenth, and I checked resistance with my stock of resistors and it was pretty spot on. I compared them with my step dad's fluke and it was pretty close. The leads are absolute trash though.

>> No.1602021

>>1601950
Fuck if I know. Go to the store. If you live within 30min of an urban area, you will find the Harbor Freight in between the Mexican supermarket and VatoZone.

>> No.1602027

>>1601935
fuck off septic
your beloved george washington is responsible for fucking up because he was deaf apparently and misheard a scottish person saying many a little make a mickle and he thought they said many a mickle mackes a muckle which doens't even make sense anyway scottish people are tight as a nun's cunt and we have been saying this long before your country was even a glint in columbu's eye so get fucking chibbed.
i'll take care of your fucking dollar boyo, ill dollar you intae fucking next week. PRICK!

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>>1601921
Thanks!

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>>1602027
What?

>> No.1602155

>>1601930
Sure glad I have a continuity setting.. god forbid I just have to use the ohms setting and interpret the results from the reading to determine if what I’m testing has a viable circuit path...

>> No.1602156

>>1601929
... should have gotten the 23 cent disposable carpet knife...

>> No.1602160

>>1602155
>no audible beep

>>1602156
They have some $5 flashlights that aint bad. The magnetic rechargeable flexible light that’s on sale for $25 all the time is 100.

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>>1601930
>>1602155

>That’s because continuity is not one of the 7 functions.

NIGGA WUT??? IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT THERE

>> No.1602177

>>1602160
Your eyes broke?

>> No.1602187

>>1602174
....diode check.... wow anon

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1602189

Figured out you can use multiple 20% off coupons as long as they have a different code

>> No.1602313

>>1602174
Kek

>> No.1602327

It's a generic DT830 family multimeter, you can get one from aliexpress for under $5. It's probably the cheapest multimeter you can find, it's decent for its price. The tester probes that come with it are an absolute garbage, expect them to disintegate into dust within weeks tho, unless you apply some heat shrink tube (pic related) plus you need to do the same near banana plugs, otherwise the wires will break very quickly.

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Forgot pic

>> No.1602330

though if you want to get a quality cheap multimeter you should take a look at RICHMETERS 101 (aka Zotek ZT101 aka Aneng AN8001) you can find one for $12-15, they're pretty good

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>>1602189
why do you lie

>> No.1602353

>>1602339
You can use multiple coupons on multiple items, not stack them on one thing

>> No.1602399

>>1601921
Just take it. If your local harbor freight is anything like the one that I worked at, then there should be no cameras or barcode scanners at the door. I would watch people walk out the door with welders and by law I couldn’t do shit about it. If you slipped one of those multimeters in your pocket, I doubt anyone would know

>> No.1602401

>>1602399
>t. harbor freight loss prevention operative

>> No.1602416

>>1602339
Censoring coupon codes?

>> No.1602576

>>1602399
I had an employee bring a sheet metal brake to the front for me.
Later, they got busy and I had another employee help me load it.
>I didn't steal it. Your employee did...

>> No.1602599

>>1601930
What's the point of battery testers? Why would you get a multimeter if you were too lazy to figure out what voltage a battery dies???

>> No.1602715

>>1602599
I thought the same until I learned there’s more to it than simply reading voltage with no load.

>> No.1602740

what could be a bigger piece of shit than a FREE HF item

>> No.1602744

>>1602740
Paying money for it.

>> No.1602756

>>1602339
How is this harbor freight work bench, anyway?

>> No.1602759

>>1602756
I made the mistake of laying 3 screw drivers on it at the same time and it collapsed like building 7 breaking my toes

>> No.1602811

>>1602756
good for larpers to set up in their garage and show off to their wife's boyfriend

>> No.1602937

>>1602811
>>1602759
what do you all recommend then for a basic work bench
all I do is electronics work so I don't need extreme durability, just space and heat tolerance

>> No.1602964

>>1602937
I dunno. I was just shitposting. I'd go see it in person cause it might be like IKEA furniture, ready to collapse

>> No.1603186

>>1602937
Build one. It’s so easy and I enjoy my $10 plywood work surfaces because it’s not a big deal if I send some drill bits through it or the soldering iron makes some marks or whatever chemicals fuck it up.

Seriously though for <$50 in lumber and a couple hours, you could build something so much nicer and you can size it to fit the space you have.

>> No.1603265

>>1603186
I have precisely 0 woodworking tools

>> No.1603385
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>>1602187
...continuity check... wow anon

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>>1602027

>> No.1603429

>>1601921
It's free because it's shit.

>> No.1603444

>>1602189
>that hammer
Are you retarded?

>> No.1603700

>>1603444
No

>> No.1603708

>>1603700

I have that exact hammer. But then I am a bit retarded.

>> No.1603725

>>1603265
Not the guy you're replying to, but literally all you need is a hand saw, a hammer, and nails

>> No.1603741 [DELETED] 

are colpitts oscillators good AC power sources

>> No.1603751

>>1602756
Really really bad, and identical to the one that Walmart sold on black friday for $75, nobody bought them and they went on clearance for
$40.

I bought one at $40 and it still isnt worth it, isnt going to last at all.

With that said, the $200 Kobalt work bench is actually pretty awesome and worth the money of you arent going to build one.

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>>1603385
If you google continuity symbol there are a few sites including the pic you found that say that is for continuity.. however it is the symbol for diode with the added audible alarm for a continuity check... if you read the actual manual for the harbor freight meter it lists it as diode check and the meter shows no continuity symbol...

>> No.1603816

>>1603792
>tfw this was my first meter and I had to learn how electricity works with that manual
I would’ve done better with no manual because then I coulda at least googled a decent guide

>> No.1603823

Dont want to make a new thread so I'll ask here: are the HF foldable sawhorses any good?

>> No.1603846

>>1602937
I agree with the bepmeister, shouldn't cost you more than $50 and an afternoon to make one with dimensional lumber.
Sturdy, cheap, and whatever size you want it to be, i don't understand why anyone buys a workbench.

>> No.1603850

>>1603846
Having a nice metal workbench with drawers and storage is nice.
Especially if you arent going to beat on it. I would never buy one for out in the garage

>> No.1603862

how does it compare to something like a fluke 87v?

>> No.1603923

>>1603862
It doesn’t

>> No.1604037

>>1603862
>>1603923
Those free meters are surprisingly accurate... until they don’t work at all.

>> No.1604348

>>1603823
plastic ones are garbage

>> No.1604732

Somebody post that full harbor freight parody ad. I use their hand tools at work where my tools are just gonna get fucked up anyway. When they break I take them in and they give me new ones. I need a multimeter with a clamp so I dont use that free one but i love the little led flashlights they give away sometimes.

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>>1604732
The new Ames meters looked pretty solid, but I wouldn’t try to save $10 over what a Klein would cost to get a 90 day warranty on the Ames Chinesium.

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>>1604972

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>>1604973

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>>1604974
4/4