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Apr 5, 2005

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multimeters

what brand do you have?

I just bought a greenlee dm-200 on ebay.... any opinions

I used to have a nifty little radio shack one, but I can't find it, so it was an excuse to buy a nice new one

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I don't have a dmm. I only have a cheap radioshack analog. Its basicly used as a continuity tester

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Beckman Tech-310, Probably older than most of the members on this board. Still works great.

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radio shack. the leads broke from the wire so i had to fix that, but otherwise its fine for my use.

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I just lost my Fluke that I've had for like 5 or 6 years now!

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buy a new one

ebay > *

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I just lost my Fluke that I've had for like 5 or 6 years now!

They buy them for us every other year at work, we get to keep the ones that are being replaced. Nice to work for the government sometimes.

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Fluke

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playa, wanna sell me one for dirt cheap?

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and what is your job btw?

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what is one used for?

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checking ac/dc voltage, current in low amounts, resistance, continuity, (polarity?)

hence the term multimeter

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here's the one i bought

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...e=STRK:MEWN:IT

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heres the one i got, its looks exactly like that but has more button at the top. auto turn off and range and some other gizmos.

sears for some cheap price ones, pretty sturdy looking for about 20bucks.

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ohhh I see... I have one of them... Only I call it something differnt... And so do electricians.

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ohhh I see... I have one of them... Only I call it something differnt... And so do electricians.

And that would be?

Their real name is a DMM, or Digital Multi-Meter. That's what you'll find them listed as in a store's book too. Most ignorant electricians I know call them voltmeters... only flaw with that is most of them measure in more increments than volts.

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this is the one i have: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog

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ive got the $25 sears one for at home, and a fluke at work. the sears one works great and its cheap. I just hadda replace it though because i forgot it was at the bottom of my tool bag and threw a wrench into the bag and the lcd cracked. If that happened to my fluke, i probably would have cried.