Please Recommend A New Multimeter And New Screwdrivers!

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@Crafter_Man

Also check out this DMM. It doesn’t have a battery test function, but (other than that) is more accurate, safer (CAT II/III), and has more functions that are useful for troubleshooting (capacitance, temperature, frequency, duty cycle). It is also true RMS.

Thanks! We have a new champion! More accurate is good. Safer is very, very good!

@Crafter_Man

You can buy a dedicated battery tester for less than $2. Someone did a teardown on it. He noted that it puts the battery under a load, which is good.

Well crap. With everything going in the past few months, I forgot that I recently got one of those. We were sorting through her late father’s stuff and found it. My beloved gave it to me. It is a BT-168 Battery Tester. It was lost in the pocket of my winter coat for a while. I finally found it and moved it to a drawer. I haven’t used it yet and wasn’t sure if it was a piece of crap or a very useful tool. Now, I know it is the latter.

@burpo_the_wonder_mutt

I made a post in the Hobby thread.

DIY and Hobby projects, small to big. Pictures of course

Sorry, I have not been following this thread because until very recently most of my worldly possessions were still in boxes and bins. I still have not found the old pill botte with my good sewing needles in it. I fear it is gone forever. They were really good needles. I have not found my thimble. It was thick. It was one of the very few that was big enough to fit my finger. It was made in the shape of a humanoid head with pointed ears and an expression that can onlly be explained by extreme drun…