Just changed my mind about the Fluke 87V after hitting 500 continuity checks without a single false beep on a stubborn harness.

I always thought the audible continuity was just a basic feature, but this meter's filtering is so good it saved me from chasing a dozen ghost shorts in a noisy avionics bay.

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bailey.karen15d ago

Forget the beep itself, focus on the silence. That filter is basically doing real-time signal processing, which is wild for a handheld tool. It means the meter is actively ignoring all the electrical noise that bounces around in a metal airframe. You're not just testing a wire, you're getting a clean answer in the middle of a storm of interference. That kind of reliability changes how you work because you stop second-guessing your gear. Makes you realize a basic beep is just a toy compared to a smart one that actually listens.

cole_davis4715d ago

Exactly, and @bailey.karen is spot on about the second guessing. I've been on a ladder with a cheap tester chirping at nothing, wasting half an hour. A good filter means when it finally beeps, you know it's the wire you're looking for and not some ghost signal from the conduit. You just move faster and trust the result. That silence is the tool telling you it's doing its job, filtering out the junk so you can focus. It turns a simple check into a sure thing.