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Does anyone have a favorite brand and model number of a multimeter you use? Besides testing voltage on power adapters and power supplies as well as being able to test for continuity, what else are multimeters very useful for in the computer repair arena?
 
If you want a nice quality unit and can afford it Fluke tend to make a very nice product.
 
Well I just clicked on the link and it brought it straight up.

Post 15 comes straight after Kermit's post 14

So I don't understand the problem.
 
+1 for Fluke although there are some less expensive alternatives that will suit your needs. Check out Amazon and read through some of the reviews.
 
Well this is what I see, I'll ask a guru.

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That post is #12 here. Also, you are on page 1 yet #15 is the first post. I suspect you either photoshopped it or did something weird with the URL. When you goto the post, is it still like that?
 
It's showing #12 for me too. It might have something to do with the fact that thread is missing posts that were deleted a while back.
 
I suspect you either photoshopped it or did something weird with the URL. When you goto the post, is it still like that?

Bryce I'm suprised and disappointed, when have I ever shown you other than the utmost respect?

I have absolutely no idea how this situation has arisen, but as the generation of all the material on a Technibble page occurs at the server end I can have had nothing to do with it.

All I did - in good faith - was to do an advanced search for a thread I knew I had posted a photograph in.
When found I noted the relevant post number and then copied and pasted the whole query URL into this thread.

Following Methical's query I repeated the process but this time looked through the entire thread to see if there were posts by any banned users. Indeed I saw at least one (IPTECH) and the first post visible to me was numbered 4.

I really don't care what numbers the posts have, they are only a means of indentification, but I would have thought at least one other tech would be interrested in finding out what is happening.


As a matter of interest, I have just repeated the search from scratch and come to exactly the same result.
I then deleted all offline content from my cache
and repeated the search a third time.
And I still get the same post#15.


The only conclusion I have is that I have my preferences set to display last post first and Methical has his the other way round, since mine is on the bottom in his picture. This is the simple reason why you can see the advert in mine.
 
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studiot is correct! I just changed my options and got #15

I suspect that its was probably ACGs post that are completley missing from the site (I think they are missing) and the counter does not reflect that when posts are inverted. Im sure it was something childish like like he saw a tech who used "pizza sauce" or "pepperoni" instead of a multimeter.

Anyways lets not focus too hard on that and stick to multimeters :)
 
Kermit your idea of using the cap and ear piece to check for ripple is great. You must have some outside electronics background like myself. Most computer techs wouldn't know an electrolytic from a hole in the ground. An old heathkit oscilloscope works too.

Your multimeter doesn't have to be fancy guys. A 6 dollar unit from harbor freight works just fine.
 
I see Kermit uses a 32 ohm earpiece. When performing such tests the higher the earpiece impedance the better. Low impedance ones are no good.
 
A 6 dollar unit from harbor freight works just fine.

:) We tested this out in my class. My teacher is a 62 year old retired Navy Electronics Technician. He brought in several digital/analog multimeters and proved there was no differance between the small 6 dollar cheapie and the big yellow battle warrior multimeter.

As a matter of fact I like the little $6 cheapie better.
 
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