34401a by a long shot. Its still current in the catalog, is worth over $1000 new, about $700 used, while the 3478a is over 25 years old, 5.5 digit. The 01a series has a lot of the technology in the 345x series, that being the 3456a, 7a, and th 3458a, and is considered a defacto industry standard bench meter.
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--- In hp_agilent_equipment@..., "kt6uk" wrote:
Hi,
I have a few too many DVM's in the workshop and am thinking about disposing of at least one of them.
Specifically I have a 34401A and 3478A. They appear to have similar features and measure the same values to within a fraction of 1% when tested side by side- although the 3478A does show uncalibrated when first powered up.
So the questions are - what are they worth and which one to keep ?
I'm in the UK so would not want to ship overseas.
I'm tending toward keeping the 34401A as it's newer and doesn't show uncalibrated !
Both are in excellent cosmetic condition.
Regards Tim
