Alternative DMMs to Fluke?

Spehro Pefhany wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

How embarassing;I had the book right at hand,too! Thanks for the correction. ;-)

Do you remember seeing stickers on modules and chassis in consumer electronics stating "xx% of this assembly built with foreign parts" back in the late '60s and early '70s"

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"American Automobile Labeling Act ? Requires that each automobile manufactured on or after October 1, 1994, for sale in the U.S. bear a label disclosing where the car was assembled, the percentage of equipment that originated in the U.S. and Canada, and the country of origin of the engine and transmission. Any representation that a car marketer makes that is required by the AALA is exempt from the Commission?s policy. When a company makes claims in advertising or promotional materials that go beyond the AALA requirements, it will be held to the Commission?s standard."

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I remember something with 'value'. So if the label goes on somewhere and it is from china, they can claim it is made where the sticker went on: the brand may be most of the value then, right?

Thomas

No, but I _have_ seen stickers that say, "Assembled in the USA" or equiv.

Technically, everyone from the north pole to Tierra Del Fuego could call themselves "Americans," it's just that there's Norteamericanos, Centrale- amaricanos, and Suramericanos.

Remember a big flap around the time the Japanese were doing seriously cheap knockoffs of practically everything? They did their final assembly in a little town outside Tokyo, called "Usa". ( When I was stationed at Yokota, the town outside was called "Fussa", so it's not entirely unbelievable), and, of course, they stamped all of their products, "Made in Usa". ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Honda takes a bit of tin, bashes it into shape, installs a Japanese engine with all made in Japan electronic components. A Japanese radio, Japanese brakes. and calls it " Made in North America"

"Spokesman" wrote in news:JvKdnZiVX9uqG6DZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@wightman.ca:

I hate to break it to you,but Honda makes auto engines for US Hondas in their Marysvale,Ohio plant,they have been for a long time.

US Hondas have greater US content than many "Detroit" autos/SUVs,some of which are made wholly or partly in Mexico or Canada. Some of the Japanese US auto plants are shipping US made autos to Japan. IIRC,only the West Coast gets Japanese-made Honda autos.

Not only that, but some of the manufacturers only sell in large quantities so its actually cheaper to go to a distributor for small orders.

Thus spake Ken G.:

Looked at the Wavetek (owned by Fluke) MeterMan DMMs. I like them. I think I might buy a $150 one. I'll keep my Fluke 73 & 77 for everyday measurement (they never quit), but when I need "true RMS" I'll use the MeterMan.

There are explicit rules on product labeling. I posted a link to the FTC site yesterday.

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Urban legend:

I have a question. Why do they make lap tops so you have to keep the battery installed to run it? I have an old compaq, that doesn't have a transformer, and it doesn't care if the battery is in there or not. Is there a way to bypass this problem?

Your Compaq has a transformer, inside.

As far as I know, not all modern laptops require a battery to be installed in order to run from their wall transformer.

You may have a rather low-powered transformer that can charge the battery but cannot always run the laptop by itself. It uses the battery like a holding tank for moments when the laptop requires more current. What kind of laptop are we talking about?

It is a toshiba. If you take the battery out, it won't power up. I thought there might be a way to bypass and just use the wall transformer. I am a blind person, so don't work on theese that much, but don't want to pay $100 for a battery either.

I wouldn't recommend trying to make your laptop work without a battery. Not worth the risk. There are a number of battery suppliers on the web that will sell you a battery for your computer for much less than $100. You might post the laptop model, and if possible, the part or model number on the battery. We can probably find a battery that will be easier on your bank account.