[volt-nuts] HP 3478A - Value? Quirks? Opinion?

[shalimr9 at gmail.com]

The HP 3478A is a very good multimeter. Mine had not been calibrated in 5 years when I sent it to the cal lab earlier this year and it passed everything with flying colors.

Only drawback: the display has poor contrast. I wish there were an effective backlighting.

It is my most used bench meter, at home and at work, even though I really like the HP3456A too.

Didier KO4BB

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From: Darrell <darrell at shaw.ca>
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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:21:40 
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Subject: [volt-nuts] HP 3478A - Value? Quirks? Opinion?


Looking for opinions on the HP 3478A multimeter.  I see them listed in 
the 100-200 U.S. dollar range for items in good shape, and right now a 
calibrated one for $170.  I like to stick to HP/Tek/Fluke so I can 
easily find broken units for a good price to get parts from and manuals 
are easier to get.

For my purposes (hobby and experimenting) it has more than enough digits 
and speed.  I like the high resistance on the low DC volt ranges.  It's 
not my only meter.  I have two Flukes from the 80's and a basic 
Tektronix plug-in.

What is the minimum I can get away with to prove/calibrate the DC volt 
range?

Thanks in advance.

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