[Healeys] [Shop-talk] Need a new multimeter

[Bob Spidell]

On a side note, some automotive diagnostics--checking generator operation, for instance--require the use of 
'old-fashioned' moving coil voltmeters.  As far as I can tell, the cheapos from HF work fine (don't know where you could 
even get a high-quality moving coil VM--eBay, maybe).

Bought a DVM from Radio Shack when I was in school almost 35 years ago.  It cost $80--a princely sum for a poor college 
student--but it helped me learn enough electronics to get my first job after graduation.  Still have it, and it still 
works (a good Fluke, at the time, would have been a couple hundred $ or more).

Bob



On 10/30/2012 9:46 PM, Richard Ewald wrote:
> For the ultimate in auto meters, go with a Fluke 78 or 88. (I refer the 78
> myself)
> Probably way overkill for the average Healey owner.
> Any half way decent digital meter form Harbor Freight/Home Despot/Lowes
> will do just fine.
> My Fluke has gone missing in action, and I needed a meter to run down some
> electrical issues in my son's house.  I went to Lowes and spent maybe $40,
> and got an excellent meter.  Works great.
>
>


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Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net

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