| Author | Message | ||
     Boney95 |
I'll be looking at buying one tomorrow to figure out a gremlin on the bike. Are they all the same? What do I need to buy for a bike only tester? | ||
| Ulynut |
Here's a good one.... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_034821390 00P Should do anything you need. | ||
| Boney95 |
Sears, that's where I'm going, thanks bud. | ||
| Iamike |
Last summer my son, 2 friends & I took a 550mi. ride down to Arkansas for a few days of great roads. We got caught in a torrential rain going by Springfield (felt great since it was 90deg.F and muggy). We stopped at the next exit and when it was time to leave his Blackbird was dead. As we were packing to leave I had a couple of square inches of room left in the saddlebag so I threw my multi-meter in, boy it paid off. My first thought was the battery died in the heat but it was fine. We finally found the terminals to the starter/ ignition relay had burned up so it just took a few minutes to pull them off and replace the terminals. Now I take that meter with me all the time. | ||
| Tiltcylinder |
For the regular home user, just about any digital voltmeter (multimeter) will do fine. I own at least a half a dozen digitals and four analogs. In my desk drawer is a two dollar unit from harbor freight, simple, does nothing special and works fine. On the bike trips I carry a little folding "pocket multimeter" from radio shack. Works like a charm. Don't forget a basic test light too... Sometimes the simplest tool is the best and most direct route to the problem. | ||
| Reepicheep |
That sears meter looks fine. The only beef I might have with it is the fact that it measures current in the same probe position that it measures voltage in. So if you mistakenly set the switch to "mA" mode, and slap it across a 12 volt line or something, things could get interesting (and smokey). Probably not a big deal though, you would probably just blow a fuse, and hopefully not hurt anything you are measuring. I like the "different plug position" for current measurement. Other than that (not a deal breaker) it looks like a decent meter. FWIW, you could get a moderately innacurate DMM at Harbor Freight with lousy probes for less than $10. It'll work for most tasks for a while but be annoying. |
