patternflyr

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Hello,

What volt meters and watt meters will do the job for electric pattern? Which ones have you used that worked well? I have heard that the Watt's up meter is a good one. I just wanted some advise on these before I buy them.

Thanks, Emory.

Adamg-RCU

Watts Up is good (I have it), but the Hyperion E-Meter is king. Tach, wattmeter, and computer hookup in one package. I would have bought it, but it came out after I bought the Watts Up. Astro lacks features. Medusa is pretty good, but it is very large, does have computer interface, but doesn't have amp_peak and volt_min, which makes wattmetering more dangerous.

Voltmeter? If you mean a digital multimeter, I went with the Fluke 81438 sold on ebay for ~$80 shipped. It is a 6000 count and current generation, and I love mine. I bought a calibration chip and found it read 4.999V on a 5±0.001V source.

Hatty

I went to Sears and got a good Craftsman for about $25. Havnt had one problem and it works great.

patternflyr

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Hey Hatty,

Do you get a lot of grief living in Louisville and working for a UK project? I grew up in KY and went to UK. I ended up buying one of the Fluke meters and I got a good deal on an Astro from a friend that had moved up to the Watt up meter.

Thanks,
Emory.

Hatty

Nah. Everyone I know is very interested in the project, even the UofL fans. Besides, this city is about 50-50 with UofL and UK fans. And everyone knows that UK is better so they just accept it.

Bevo

I use the E-flite Power Meter and it works really well. Plus it's cheap. $44.99.



Bevo

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Hyperion E-Meter .................... pay for what you get