These aren’t your Dad’s meters anymore. Gone are the days of trying to decide which functions or features you want in your multimeter. Enter a product line that offers complete functionality, problem solving innovation, and increased safety.

UEi, an Oregon based company, entered the test and measurement market place 40 years ago and quickly gained a strong foothold as a manufacture of testing equipment. While the Company prospered it found its position in the middle of the market left little room to grow. At the turn of a new millennium a new management team was convinced there was a gap in the market that UEi was ideally suited to fill. UEi sought advice from their customers and quickly developed a wish list from technicians, tech schools, and training centers and based on this information

UEi began redesigning its core product line from the ground up. The result would be a professional line of three clamp meters appropriately named, “The Phoenix Clamp Meter Series™”. Designed to replace the previously popular clamp meters, each of the three meters includes professional functions to serve specific job applications and contain a surprising combination of features not found in the market today. In spite of this comprehensive list of features, the Phoenix wasn’t complete.

“When we sat down to design the Phoenix series,” explains President Michael Kane, “we listened carefully to our customers to make sure we understood how contractor’s tools play such a critical role in helping them serve their customers, what challenges are experienced in the work environment, and where concerns for safety can be improved.”

What UEi found was another opportunity to solve an industry-leading problem. Bruce Baker, UEi’s Nation Field Sales Manager clarifies, “A common problem all contractors have faced at some time is the difficulty to take current measurements in tight and cramped work environments. To take a current reading on an individual wire meant someone was going to use their fingers, sort the wires, pull the wire in question out and take a clamp reading. This has brought two big problems, first: reaching in and opening the clamp has either been impossible, or undesirable due to the hazards associated with live contact points. Second: every time you pull a wire in a tight location, you risk damaging or loosening the wire’s connections.”

In the past, solutions within the industry have focused on developing a smaller or thinner meter. However the size limitations hindered function ranges and safety. UEi took a different approach. One common feature shared among Phoenix Clamp Meters is the detachable clamp head, which allows contractors to swap the traditional clamp head with a revolutionary new Hook. The long slim Hook snaps onto the top of the Phoenix meter body extending measurement capabilities into tight spaces or wire bundles. Reaching into wire bundles is not only easy, now it’s reliable. The Hook’s patent pending technology significantly reduces the interference from current on adjacent wires by providing a virtual closed core around the hook, which increases accuracy. The Hook works exclusively on the Phoenix Clamp Meter Series and features a built-in worklight to illuminate dark environments. This provides contractors a new, safe and unique approach to
measuring wires in these conditions.

All three UL approved Phoenix Clamp Meters include professional functions such as AC/DC Volts and Amps, Micro-Amps, Resistance, Capacitance, Frequency, Duty Cycle, built-in worklight, magnetic mount, test lead holder, test lead storage, wire sorting tip, backlit display and a threeyear limited warranty. The Phoenix II & III also feature Temperature, Non-Contact Voltage, and a Dual Display, while Phoenix III encompasses all those features plus True RMS for accuracy.

Now technicians have the capability to measure motor or line current, supply or control voltage, system board voltage checks, flame safe guard, motor run or start faults, circuit continuity or specified resistance, motor in-rush, frequency of variable speed drives & supply power, temperature, quick check of live wires, two readings simultaneously, non-linear loads or distorted waveforms and AC current in tight or cramped spaces with one meter. Whether you’re new to the trade or a seasoned professional, the Phoenix delivers a complete combination of features, real world solutions, and unmatched safety to help technicians work more efficiently at any level. Again expectations have risen, and this time it’s in the form of a Phoenix.

For more information, visit www.ueitest.com.