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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