UT216 D. Good from afar, but far from a-good! I'm very disappointed with this OLED display meter.
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16 thoughts on “Boltr: uni-t clamp-on multimeter”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Louchi Touchi says:

    Here I was looking for the fuse in my ut216d, I threw it in the garbage where it belongs.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DragonSlayer says:

    Slow down we ain't got the wings yet

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johny Brawo says:

    0.43 nie dopchałeś do końca przewodów 😀 to jest problem 😛

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Walde says:

    I have one or at least a very similar, gotta say it's a handy little meter although I'm not expecting anything too precise. The voltage detector on the tip saved my bacon once when I found out that my metal sink/countertop was live because my water heater leaked on the bottom which is where it's connectors were

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Devil In The Circuit says:

    OL on a DMM = Open Line.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Devil In The Circuit says:

    I've had a Uni-T UT210D baby version of that for going on five years now. It was less than $50 and it's been a little champ of a meter, recommended by Big Clive. He was right about it. It's made well, batteries last, and it does everything including capacitance and AC/DC current as well as millivolts. A whole lot packed into a little case the size of a Mickey-D's breakfast burrito, but without the heartburn.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! kwisin1337 says:

    Like for the 80 dbl info, im telling the better half next time.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars N Tag says:

    DOA is a hassle but return is fairly convenient from Amazon. Directly from China is a much different story. Could also be favoritism or politics. One company I worked at, here in the US, placed a stronger focus (quality focus) for overseas markets. Meaning the stuff shipped overseas was of better quality control.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars N Tag says:

    Battery compartment captive screw is nice along with a treaded insert into brass. I totally dislike the use of 3 AAA batteries because alkaline AAA are a poor value compared to AA and they both leak. My UNI-T UT210e also uses 2 AAA cells. I have to use the very pricey lithium's.

    I'm thinking of getting the UNI-T UT207B because it has the low-Z function and 1000A ac/dc. The Fluke SV225 Stray Voltage Eliminator Adapter is about $70-80, pricey because the UT207B is about $100.

    I've been too lazy to make my own low-Z adapter using many resistors and fuses even having the components already. The Fluke and probably UNI-T uses thermistors or similar that will eventually fail like those used in surge suppressor extension outlets.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Ocker says:

    Yep like chip names like mint and chocolate

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jwlthe4th says:

    I just learned what is stinking up my tool box! I wondered why is always smells like puke. Now I need to identify what tools have butylene in them. Thanks!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason Altham says:

    OLED is great if you have boxes of extra batteries to throw at it.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars lachygordon says:

    One tip for ambient temp with multimeters, if it can measure temperature with a thermocouple, you can also measure ambient by shorting the pos and neg test leads in temp mode.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Benz Lev says:

    Check out Southwire ..cheap but good..

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ernest Clark says:

    from my own experience (61-e), the test leads are the problem. when i use my probe masters, continuity reaction is instant

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Timber Tramp says:

    Seems odd the “creepage distances” wouldn’t at least be skookum as far as being further apart….why not? Would it increase the manufacture price, ease of build, etc?..

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