A VOM tutorial

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biL....Check this out....
http://www.tonystrains.com/products/pop-meters.htm

Or if you're a DIY'er....
http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/DCCvolts.html

Thanks for following up with good info, Steamtrain. They do look a little different from the usual VOM's I'm used to seeing though, with plugs and wires and probes and alligator clips and all that stuff. Never having used a (is it?) Volt-Ohm-Meter, and not having a clue as to how to use one or why I should have one, I have read the info at TTX and bookmarked it for use when I manage to get a clue and actually understand the clue that I get, if you follow me. :?: Like I said, Electricity is something I can't see, so I have traditionally had a problem with anything more conplicated than "positive, negative, ground," 110 volt house power, a plug-in polarity tester and crossed fingers. DC has always given me fits, ever since I first tried to wire my very first turnout!

I've been hand-laying track for the past number of years, and following the recommendations from someone in the hobby press (I don't remember who it was) have been isolating the frogs and powering them and the points with jumpers to the stock rails through a microswitch mounted on and controlled by a Hankscraft display motor (I think they were also markted by "Switchmasters") moving the switch points.

Thanks again, Steamtrain! I appreciate it!

biL

... If I read the VOM thread a couple more times I think I just might understand most of it!