On 2/21/2011 11:27 AM William Sommerwerck spake thus:

Harbor Freight has a digital meter for $3 -- but I don't know how sturdy it
is.

Plenty sturdy. The weak point of these meters (I've bought several of
them) seems to be the leads, the wires of which pull out pretty easily.
Other than that, they seem as good as any other hardware-store DMM.


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