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On Saturday, November 8, 2014 12:31:14 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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eastender wrote:
On 2014-11-06 17:55:16 +0000, Nick said:

My old one has today thrown the towel in. Can't complain as it's
given
me good service for 25-30 years.
Main usages: AC up to 440V, DC up to 120V. Resistance occasionally.
Transistor testing never.
Audible continuity testing is a must.
Not used very frequently but lost without it. A decent item that
might
last 10 years will see me out.
Thanks,
Nick.

You can't go wrong with one of these:

http://www.richardsradios.co.uk/avo8.html

I've got one.

You can certainly go wrong with one of those. Just trying to get
batteries, for a start. And they're less accurate than the average 2 quid
market stall DVM. And don't whatever you do drop one.

I've got one too. In a nice leather case. Where it stays.

Quite. AVOs always struck me as overpriced ad absurdam for what they were.

And a pain in the arse to use compared with a decent
modern digital auto ranging Fluke as well. And I used
Avos for decades before the Flukes showed up too.