At 06:43 PM 4/13/01 +1000, Roman Black wrote: >If you want a good in-circuit tester, I love my Fluke 12, >fully auto you can use it to check track resistances >on a live TV set, or leave it on resistance and stick >it in mains outlet, it just beeps the "you're an idiot" >beep and then reads the mains voltage for you. I agree whole-heartedly about the Fluke 12. It is the meter I recommend as a first meter for beginning or hobby electronics types and I still think as it being as the "best bang for the buck" in DVMs. They used to go on sale regularly for abut $100 Canadian and I have 3 of them here as shop meters. dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 17 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2001) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.