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

[Chuck Harris]

It's a nice meter, but the major quirk is it can only handle
300V.

-Chuck Harris

shalimr9 at gmail.com wrote:
> 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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>
> -----Original Message----- From: Darrell<darrell at shaw.ca> Sender: volt-nuts-bounces at febo.com Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010
> 10:21:40 To:<volt-nuts at febo.com> Reply-To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement<volt-nuts at febo.com> 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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