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From: john larkin <JL@gct.com>
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Subject: Re: Extech EX410A  DVM  Don't Buy
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 07:52:25 -0700
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:07:24 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:46:46 -0700, john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Extech EX410A  DVM  Don't Buy
>>
>>The auto power off is incredibly stupid. I'm going to throw mine away
>>and get something usable.
>
>What don't you like about the auto power off feature in the EX410A?

It shuts off in the middle of a measurement, and you have to rotate
the very klunky range knob all the way back to OFF and then all the
way back to where it was.

It's OK for one-time measurements I guess, but terrible for bench
experiments.

Extech was planning to introduce some thermal imagers, so FLIR bought
them to stop it. That's all FLIR really cares about.