Why do I need anything more than a Neon?

dmxtothemax · Jan 5, 2018

A good old fashioned anologue style volt/ohm meter will do the trick.
The low input impedance will not read ghost voltages.
And it responds quickly.
google avo-meter
still got mine avo !
nice kit as they say !

Pete E · Jan 5, 2018

dmxtothemax said:
A good old fashioned anologue style volt/ohm meter will do the trick.
The low input impedance will not read ghost voltages.
And it responds quickly.
google avo-meter
still got mine avo !
nice kit as they say !

Used those analogue Avo's a lot in the past although only for faulting 50V telephony ccts..

Do Sparks still use them or has the world moved onto digital meters now?

Just found my cheapy digital multimeter has died, not the battery or internal fuses so chucked into the bin...so maybe the next should be an old analogue?

telectrix · Jan 5, 2018

mine:

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and still in use.

gnuuser · Jan 10, 2018

Once you have learned to use an analog meter they are most accurate
I prefer them over a digital meter any day.
I have digital meters and meggers and use them a lot but still teach apprentices to use and correctly read analogs

Pete999 · Jan 10, 2018

gnuuser said:
Once you have learned to use an analog meter they are most accurate
I prefer them over a digital meter any day.
I have digital meters and meggers and use them a lot but still teach apprentices to use and correctly read analogs

OK if they can read.