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Well, I'm not an EE but I am a PE. I have and use my multi-meter whenever I am doing anything hobby-electric. For railroading I even decided to get the MRC power pack with the built in meters. As for the ignorance of people and electricity, I am shocked at how many people don't know the first thing about it. I guess that since 95% of all household applications require the user to find a wall outlet and then the "on" switch I shouldn't be surprised. In modeling, (HO DC modeling, that is) all you have to do is connect those two screws on the back of the power pack to the two screws on the track and you have your trains running around the oval. Well that was easy . . . I think I'll build a layout with room for four operators; Nothin' to it! There is not enough emphasis in the MR publications on the electrical end of it. And many layouts have a lot of watts running around that could start fires if some care is not observed. Sorry to monopolize the soap box. Yea, I have and use my multi-meter. - Ed
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