Wireless/Bluetooth Multimeters?

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Wireless/Bluetooth Multimeters?

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Are there any decent inexpensive (<$100) multimeters with a dedicated remote display or Bluetooth to connect to an iPhone/Android? It seems like a no-brainer for multimeter manufacturers to start including Bluetooth chips.

Fluke makes remote display multimeters, but they're expensive (and I already have a nice Fluke)

General Tools GT520 is a bit cheaper but still about $130: http://www.technodepot.com/product/view ... en=1#GT520

Seeed makes a Bluetooth one but it only works with Android (yet another reason I should switch to Android...) http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/blueto ... -1535.html

Redfish iDVM works with iOS but is $240: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 0N00F47294

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Re: Wireless/Bluetooth Multimeters?

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I don't know of any, and doubt that low-end meters would ever go that route.

The usual application for a remote display is long-term monitoring. If you're close enough to move the probes around, an extra display is just one more thing to juggle. If you're far enough away for a remote display to be useful, you're too far away to adjust the probes.

If you track a meter's output over time, you see its tendency to drift over time. Making circuits that respond quickly but don't drift over time is a challenge, and the solutions cost money. By the time you get a circuit whose long-term output won't embarrass you, you're up in the range of $100-150 meters.

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Re: Wireless/Bluetooth Multimeters?

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Basically I need to troubleshoot a boat's electrical system, where I need to be at one location to flip switches, etc, and have the probes at another location.

Just came across the Mooshimeter which looks like it fits the bill: http://www.dragoninnovation.com/projects/34-mooshimeter

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