Good quality multimeter??

[Mjfan12]

Now I understand, thanks for the analogy. My understanding of circuitry and electronics is very minimal. I want to expand my knowledge enough to handle basic electrical gremlins on cars and bikes.

My old multimeter which I just found under a bunch of crap (how convinient, I find it after I buy another one, LOL)

So now I have 2 of them. The craftsman's continuity tester SUCKS!!! It works 50% of the time and the beep is very low.

So my radioshack one has a great cont tester. I use the volt and the continuity tester the most so its important.

[Ghostyman]

I bought a 7 function multimeter from Harbor Freight to replace my analog Wiggy which was tripping circuit breakers for some reason. The HF multimeter only cost $3 and it worked well... so I went back and ordered 3 more just to keep around various places. So far I've been very happy with them and I've used them on both my home and car electronics with no problem.

The only potential issue I've seen with them is that they don't update as quickly as some other ones so if you need to read changing voltage accurately, you might want a more expensive one.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=98025

Non-sale price: $4.99 (if you wait or check the catalogs, they're always on sale)

[102030405]

Fluke is by far the best way to go, they do range higher in price but they are like an energizer, take a lickin keep on tickin, I work for an automotive Electronics company and we have purchased the Craftsman series of DMM's and found they are crap, they will die out after a month or so (constant use so minor use will proly last longer). most of the Fluke meters we have are more that 10 years old and have not been a problem other than a blown fuse here and there. my personal opinion is Fluke is worth the money spent.

you can find some cheap Fluke's on Ebay, I ended up getting a $300.00 meter for $80.00 and it was brand new in the box.