Sweet Mary, have I got tools?!? I got tools out the ass, Pedro...
I view my old multimeter with a combo of pride & shame...pride, because it was nearly state-of-the-art when I bought it at Radio Shack way back in nineteen-mumblty-mumble (Looks a lot like the analog example pic in the Wiki article), shame because I haven't gotten around to upgrading to nice little digital number (like the cheapie from Harbor Freight)...the connector plugs are a little wobbly from the time some dumbass dropped it once , but it still tests nearly everything I've ever asked it too. Radio Shack used to sell a lot of these, plus they had an almost identical model in kit form...I wanted badly to build it myself, but they put the off the shelf model on sale at a price I couldn't pass up. Since I seldom work with small scale electronic projects anymore (I used to build my own "stomp-box" effects pedals for my guitars), I don't have as much use for it now, but it still comes in handy when something stops working around the house (as they often do) & I don't have the $$$ to buy a new one...I've kept a 20-yr-old clothes dryer limping along for years with just a multimeter, power screwdriver, & the phone# & address of the local appliance parts shop

I'll have to revisit this thread soon, I can't let this go w/o some further documentation...

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