On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:34:53 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Same here. Mine might be 30 years old (can't recall exactly when I
bought it).

Me too. It sort of "died" about 18 months ago - but then made a Lazarus
like recovery immediately AFTER I bought a replacement for it. *******. I
still use it in preference to the replacement UNI-T one. Familiarity
rules, I guess.

The audible continuity testing is not great - it's fed from the
resistance scale and there's too much delay whilst it auto ranges and
settles before it sounds the sounder. Audible continuity testers need to
be instant. Other than that, it's fine.

I don't have that problem. My Maplin WG is instant and doesn't have an
auto-range facility, unlike the new one which does, and takes an age.

But the WG is way overspecified for the OP's needs. It does capacitance,
inductance, diodes and transistors in addition to the core multimeter
functions so wouldn't be suitable IMV.