- Joined
- Jul 5, 2003
- Location
- San Diego, CA
My hi-tech grandma recentaly bought a new DVD player and TIVO thus making her VCR obselete. Figuring I had a use for it, she gave it to me. It sat in my garage for about a year waiting to be e-bayed. I finaly took it to a pawn shop and was offered $5USD for it. While I was at the pawn shop I found a whole cabinet filled with 5 or 6 multimeters. They were priced anywhere from $80 to $45. I was lucky enough to find one with no price tag on it. I took it out of the cabinet and showed it to the guy at the pawn shop. (sorry im rambeling) He had no idea what it was and said "oh...um.... five bucks". I ended up trading in the VCR for the multimeter. I took the multimeter home and stuck it in a light socket to make sure it works, which it does. How the hell do I use it and how do I know if its accurate. (it has some Ohms sensitivity knob??? and DC 1500, 150, 15: AC 1500, 150, 15 and 2 things that are in electrical talk. My grandpa is an electrical engineer and I was going to have him explain it to me, but he is on vacation for 3 weeks and Im anxious. Thanks.
EDIT: was $5 good for a multi???
EDIT: was $5 good for a multi???