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  • LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
    Historical mailing list - john Lauterbach
    Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:34:48 -0400
    A few months ago when there was a discussion on digital multimeters, someone brought up temperature measurement. My scientific consulting business needs to do...
  • Re: LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:44:41 -0400
    ...get a digital > multimeter that would do science experiments as well as help keep my > Vanagon working. > > Any suggestions for a multimeter that works...
  • Re: LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:16:36 -0700
    ...get a digital > > multimeter that would do science experiments as well as help keep my > > Vanagon working. > > > > Any suggestions for a multimeter that works...
  • Re: LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
    Historical mailing list - john Lauterbach
    Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:37:48 -0400
    ...get a digital > multimeter that would do science experiments as well as help keep my > Vanagon working. > > Any suggestions for a multimeter that works...
  • Re: LVC digital multimeters for temperature measurements
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:54:07 -0500
    ...get a digital >>> multimeter that would do science experiments as well as help keep my >>> Vanagon working. >>> >>> Any suggestions for a multimeter that works...
  • Re: multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
    Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:24:07 -0700
    Richard, Do you live near a Harbor Freight? They usually have a coupon for a free digital multimeter. They really do work just fine...
  • Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:55:18 +0000
    ...It appears that there are clamp meters and regular digital multimeters.  Would one or the other be better for the uses as described? Thanks...
  • Re: recommend a multimeter
    Historical mailing list - wb6otg
    Mon, 26 Feb 2001 08:33:24 -0500
    ...made by Fluke will be an excellent multimeter, if you have $150+ to spend. Any digital meter at Radio Shack will do everything you...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Michael
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:43:56 -0400
    http://www.harborfreight.com/ac-dc-digital-multimeter-37772.html Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 15:29, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne...
  • Re: multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:31:16 -0400
    ...Radtke <wa7zpu@5BY9.NET> wrote: > > Richard, > > Do you live near a Harbor Freight? They usually have a coupon for a > free digital multimeter. They...
  • Re: LVC: Learning Electricity & Testers
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 4 Apr 2009 14:13:37 -0800
    ...I now keep a digital meter in my Westy at all times "Mastercraft Digital Multimeter $39.99 Product #52-0060-2" Really helpful. Now...
  • Re: Electrical testing equipment
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:48:29 -0400
    Just about any digital multimeter will work fine for troubleshooting most vanagon electrical problems. Radio Shack has a few. Bill ------------------------ Can someone please recommend...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:41:20 -0500
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none >very recent. � I'd love to have a current >recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or analog...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:28:48 -0600
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none > >very recent. Â I'd love to have a current > >recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or...
  • Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:30:01 +0000
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none very recent.  I'd love to have a current recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or analog...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:20:21 -0800
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none > > >very recent. Â I'd love to have a current > > >recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or...
  • Re: recommend a multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
    Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:43:01 -0700
    ...made by Fluke will be an excellent multimeter, if you have $150+ to spend. Any digital meter at Radio Shack will do everything you...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:29:41 -0700
    ...LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter. > > On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging in price from under $10...
  • Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
    Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
    Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:53:29 -0800
    ...Digital Voltmeter > display to monitor the battery voltage? Something that can be permanently > mounted but not as complex as a full digital multimeter. Just...
  • Re: multimeter
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:36:48 -0700
    ...Radtke <wa7zpu@5BY9.NET> wrote: >> >> Richard, >> >> Do you live near a Harbor Freight? They usually have a coupon for a >> free digital multimeter. They...
  • measuring current?
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Thu, 30 Jan 97 23:08:49 EST
    ...I've been wondering this for a while, but how do I measure current with my multimeter? I've got your basic digital multimeter...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:23:36 -0600
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none very recent.  I'd love to have a current recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or analog...
  • Fluke diagnostic tools
    Historical mailing list - Roger Bowman
    Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:15:09 -0700
    My eye seems to have caught on the Fluke 867B graphical multimeter. This meter combines digital multimeter with some basic scope functions - I think...
  • Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:05:36 -0700
    ...The recent post on an LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter.� On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Matt
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 16:12:13 -0800
    ...which multimeter to >> buy, but none very recent. Â I'd love to have a current recommendation for >> a moderately priced instrument, digital or...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:39:13 -0500
    ...which multimeter to buy, but none > > > >very recent. Â I'd love to have a current > > > >recommendation for a moderately priced instrument, digital or...
  • Multi Meter
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sun, 8 Dec 2013 05:38:55 -0600
    Time I guess to step into the modern world, and upgrade from my 40 year old analog multimeter to one of newer digital types...
  • Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
    Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:01:40 -0700
    ...ohms or 1300 ohms)? I'm using a borrowed Cen-Tech digital Multimeter. Not top of the line but probably not the cheapest out...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Michael
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:21:12 -0400
    ...LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter. > > On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging in price from under $10...
  • using the VW meter
    Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
    Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:29:25 -0400
    ...Get a good volt meter or to make due go to sears/radioshack and get a small digital multimeter for around @ $22.00 US...
  • Relay Test Method
    Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
    Sun, 12 May 2002 19:21:48 -0700
    ...I have a digital multimeter. Regards, Tom Hanlon
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:02:37 -0700
    ...Multimeters One of your questions has not been addressed, analog of digital? Digital by all means for this purpose. Also for technical reasons not...
  • Re: Multimeter recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
    Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:53:06 -0600
    Digital meters are even cheap enough today (easier to read when your head is stuck under the dash), get one with "tone" for test...
  • Re: multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
    Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:23:42 -0700
    ...Radtke <wa7zpu@5BY9.NET> wrote: >>> >>> Richard, >>> >>> Do you live near a Harbor Freight? They usually have a coupon for a >>> free digital multimeter. They...
  • Re: Meter Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - JM/CO
    Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:19:31 -0500
    Go to Radio Shack and buy one of their cheapo digital multimeters. They are pretty accurate, will serve well for resistance and voltage checks...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:50:11 -0600
    ...https://www.harborfreight.com/electrical/electrician-s-tools/multimeters-testers/11-function-digital-multimeter-with-audible-continuity-61593.html Not this one for a...
  • Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:17:05 -0700
    ...Digital Voltmeter >> display to monitor the battery voltage? Something that can be permanently >> mounted but not as complex as a full digital multimeter. Just...
  • Re: lightweight digital voltmeter @ Radio Shack
    Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
    Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:18:18 -0800
    ...I used the exact same multimeter to trouble shoot my rig. It is a great little multimeter and has all of the functions that...
  • Re: No Charge: HELP!--cheap digital voltmeters
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:37:59 -0400
    I keep my very cheap Harbor Freight digital multimeter in the van and the more expensive one from an electronics store in the house...
  • Re: Multimeter help for the idiot
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:14:26 -0700
    ...It's very possible a small digital volt gauge wired in full time to Batt + may not show with your current meter. Vanagons usually...
  • Re: Out goes the Norcold, in goes the Vitrifrigo
    Historical mailing list - Karl
    Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:36:54 -0500
    ...I measured mine with a digital multimeter. Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Hi Karl, > > Current draw checked again, 3.6A after several minutes of operation...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:57:18 -0700
    ...The recent post on an LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter.� On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging...
  • Re: Which Digital Multi-meter?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:02:46 -0800
    ...Why do I like analog so much? Digital multimeters are SLOW and really only good for measuring stuff that doesn't change very quickly...
  • Re: No spark in the Digifant
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:41:16 -0400 (EDT)
    ...testing it with a multimeter(digital Fluke 77) but didn't get a blip. Bentley says to use a digital probe. I also did...
  • Re: battery read above the fridge
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:38:57 -0500
    ...Buy a cheap digital multimeter instead. It'll give you the same information, and it has dozens of other uses too. If you have...
  • Re: Multimeter recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:20:11 -0800
    ...meter. $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine for general automotive work. - >Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:24:49 -0600
    ...LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter. > > On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging in price from under $10...
  • RE: Where can I rent a CO meter in East Bay (CA)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:09:43 -0800
    ...with an O2 sensor, you could jump the contact with a digital multimeter to watch the CO level (maybe this was from the archive...
  • Re: Talking Multi Meter found
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Wed, 12 May 2021 11:34:18 -0700
    Found one, I can see this helping! https://www.mpja.com/Talking-Digital-Multimeter/productinfo/35042%20ME/ Rob vwrobb@gmail.com On Wed, May...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:22:53 -0500
    ...LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a multimeter. > > On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, ranging in price from under $10...
  • Re: multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Fri, 11 May 2018 04:55:12 +0000
    ...I have had at least 20 digital multimeters. I have four of a type similar to the Harbourfreight free coupon one. These four I...
  • Re: Multimeter recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:38:25 -0500
    ...meter. > > $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine > for general automotive work. > > - > > >>Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
  • Re: LVC: Learning Electricity & Testers
    Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
    Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:00:03 -0700
    ...http://www.ladyada.net/learn/metertut/ I've bought several inexpensive digital and analog multimeters. On sale they are from $5-10. For those...
  • Re: recommend a multimeter
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:45:50 -0600
    Schmidt wrote: > Will someone recommend a multimeter Any help appreciated.Jay, 84 > with "the syndrome" thus far NOT fixed I'm looking at the...
  • Re: Test equipment--"Official VW multimeter"
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:59:43 -0700
    ...But the 83 is the bottom of this particular multimeter line with the Fluke 87 being the more accurate model. More accuracy is especially...
  • Re: Multimeters
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:33:06 -0500
    ...Maybe if I were powering a >scientific instrument which provides an analog or digital readout, >the readout would be off, but for everyday household...
  • Re: Multimeter Recommendations
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:00:25 -0500
    ...The >recent post on an LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a >multimeter. On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, >ranging...
  • Re: Talking Multi Meter found
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Wed, 12 May 2021 23:00:04 -0400
    ...one, I can see this helping! > > https://www.mpja.com/Talking-Digital-Multimeter/productinfo/35042%20ME/ > > Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com > > On Wed, May 12...
  • Multimeter help for the idiot
    Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
    Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:03:57 -0700
    ...I can rebuild engines fine, tune motorcycles, etc, etc, but when it comes to multimeters I am an idiot. I think I did it...
  • Re: Multi Meter
    Historical mailing list - Project Pat
    Sun, 8 Dec 2013 10:08:32 -0500
    ...world, and upgrade from my 40 year old analog multimeter to one of newer digital types. Soliciting recommends for a new meter - best bang...