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Murphy's friend Guru  Joined: 04/10/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 648 |
I'm always a sucker for new gadgets and when I spotted this meter I just had to order one. Well, it arrived today and I like it. A multi meter without that annoying rotary dial. And it has a 6000 count, much more useful than the usual 2000 count. Neat features too, it shows the frequency as well when measuring AC voltage. Capacitance measurement up to 60,000uF is also useful. The thing even has a light to illuminate what you're measuring in the dark. |
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| Murphy's friend Guru Joined: 04/10/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 648 |
Well, I dunno what Gizmo did to this forum but ever since he changed it it does not like me any more - lots of times I get "fatal message" upon saving a post and yet it appears on the forum sans my hyperlink. Here is the long version: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002124657734.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.17d04c4dxSfOtK sorry. |
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InPhase Senior Member  Joined: 15/12/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 178 |
Pretty neat. It claims to be Cat III rated, but I'm very suspicious of Chinese off brand meters since I witnessed one explode measuring 480 volts. Be careful out there. |
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| andrewacain Newbie  Joined: 17/08/2021 Location: CanadaPosts: 2 |
Seems nice. But be careful about local brand meters as there is a chance that it can explode when measuring high voltages |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9307 |
Your links are including a link back to the forums. Your link as posted in the first post is: "https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002124657734.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.17d04c4dxSfOtK" I've posted heaps of links since the last forum upgrade, and they work fine. Somehow, you have the "https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/" in front of the wanted link. The steps I use are: 1) Click the add-link button 2) In the "URL Text" window, type the name of the link(you obviously are doing that) 3) In the "URL Link" window, click the address box, then DELETE anything there such as "http://" - make the box blank. 4) Now paste in your link and click OK. EDIT: Copy and paste from your 2nd post, and here is the LINK I STAND CORRECTED! This IS a bug - I shall report this to Gizmo. Links USED to work fine, but now when I tried to paste "www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002124657734.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.17d04c4dxSfOtK" into the link above, the forum is automatically adding "https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/" in front of the wanted link. So, yeah, there is an issue here with links at the moment. Edited 2021-08-24 11:55 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Testing. A link to Google Sorry, cant fault it. If you remove the http:// bit, it becomes a relative link, and therefore relative to the current URL, http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ So if you want a external link, you need the http:// bit. This isnt anything in the forum code, its the way the browser itself treats a link. Glenn Edited 2021-08-24 12:35 by Gizmo The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9307 |
Not working in my other test thread Gizmo. I tried to link to my own website, it adds "https://www.thebackshed.com/forum/" in front of the wanted link. I'm doing exactly as you say - delete the http:// bit out of the link box, just paste in the wanted link, and that works fine, but when it goes up on the forum, it has the backshed link pasted in front of the link. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9307 |
Another experiment: LINK EDIT: This is the result of pasting the link in the boxes:  All looks good, right? Post, and the link has the forum address pasted in front of it - hover your mouse over the link to see what I mean. Edited 2021-08-24 14:22 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9307 |
Hang on a tick.... LINK TEST Seems I was totally wrong about removing the http:// bit - I am sure I always used to remove that, but perhaps I am also going nuts.  Edited 2021-08-24 14:27 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Murphy's friend Guru Joined: 04/10/2019 Location: AustraliaPosts: 648 |
Thanks mate, I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one..... |
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