Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Repeater-Builder] Multimeter for $2.99

[WD7F - John in Tucson]

Gee whiz!  Why do you require all that accuracy?  When I stick the probes in the wall outlet, if I see a voltage between 100 and 125, I'm happy, and if it's "0", then I know somethings wrong.  I paid a whopping $4.99 for mine at ACE and it has done me service many times when I just wanted to see if 12 volts or 5 volts was there or was the signal zero, etc.  I'll bet I can tell if your car battery is dead or if it's charging.  And it's good for continuity and gets you in the ballpark for resistance.  What do you expect for $2.99?   de WD7F John in Tucson   ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Oliver To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: RE: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Repeater-Builder] Multimeter for $2.99       ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Morris To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: 12/27/2005 7:27:57 PM Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Repeater-Builder] Multimeter for $2.99 I have a Harbor Freight store about 2 miles from me.... I had one of the Centech cheapens and didn't bother replacing it after it died.  The AC volts scale was way off on it from the day I opened the box... 118vAC on my Fluke DVM or my Simpson 260 read 124v on the Centech.     Yea a man with two watches never knows what time it is,  Seriously though  if  you were checking to see if voltage is present or if a fuse is good or not or if a feed line is shorted or not it would be adequate. I am meter poor around here but I bought a couple anyway to give to my customers to check fuses with. Heck I don't even think you can get a test light (battery powered) for $2.99.  It has a one year warranty but it would probably cost more than $2.99 to mail it back to them.     tom n8ies         If I were going to buy one I'd take another meter and some test samples: a 9v DC battery and both a 100 ohm and a 10k resistor with me to the store... I'd read the store's AC voltage with my meter, then pop open the Centech box there in the store and use it to read the AC voltage, the 9v battery and the two resistors against known values (i.e. your other meter). Mike WA6ILQ At 03:54 PM 12/27/05, you wrote: Harbor Freight Tool has these on sale right now for $2.99  good little beater meter the leads suck though. Would be great tool for repeater sites or EOC's  Comand centers ect.     tom n8ies     http://www.data-nation.com/index.asp?redirect=centech.asp   picture here.        7-Function Multitester Features:    YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.  To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Repeater-Builder" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.