On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:03:42 -0600, Doug wrote:

In view of my infrequent repairs and my limited knowledge of electricity
(tho I can learn), what is a recommended digital multimeter and where to
buy? I have no idea what my budget is but for starters lets say $100
(estimate). I had a old analog one but it's old and right now I can't
find it so I'm willing to buy new.

I've got an Amprobe digital one - 33XR-A I think (without going to go and
find it, but having done a quick google). I think it was about 80 bucks.

It handles capacitance, frequency and temperature along with all the
usual things you'd expect a meter to do. It's not auto-ranging (for some
reason I've always preferred meters that aren't).

It comes with self-tangling leads, just as all multimeters do. ;-)

cheers

Jules