Electronics and DCC

Those of you trying to do electrical without a digital multimer might pick up two or three from Harbor Freight.com. $2.99 each. I have three of this type as I always seem to leave one and forget where it is. I did not include the URL but a simple Google search for the company will work. No sense upsetting the powers to be.  No good reason to be without one now.

Rich

 I have one of those, I was also planning to pick up some more and just leave one everywhere. At that price, you can afford to. Whiel they certainly aren't precision lab equipment, they are more than adequate for model railroad work - I also would not trust it for that up to 10 amp rating on the high amp setting. 5 maybe. It's actually superior to a previous pocket one I had before, and that one I paid $7 for.

 Stock up now, for $2.99 there's no excuse not to have one. A very useful tool to have around your layout and elsewhere.

                                         --Randy

Agreed. I've got one of those and one of these.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95652

The AC amp meter actually works good too! I've been wanting an amp probe for a while but NOT for $100! This has the nice feature of being able to lock the reading with the press of a button.

 I wonder what the frequency response of the clamp on is like? I have a couple clamp on meters I purchase some years ago that were only good for about 120 Hz. max. Since I worked with variable speed AC and DC motor drives, the clamp ons where essentially useless when checking right at the motor leads. I had to monitor the current feeding the drives.

Rich