A VOM tutorial

[Beamish]

This a great tutorial for anyone who has little or no experience using meters. For those buying meters I personnally recommend the manufacture Fluke. They have proved to be the best meters I have used both in school and now in electronics design. They are usually fairly pricey but seem to work very well and are very accurate. Also I have had good luck with the Wavetek Meterman brand. That is what is on my desk at work right now (model 15xp). However for personal and hobby use I have a Mastercraft meter that Canadian tire puts on sale for 9-15$ every couple of months. The one thing you want to be sure of when picking out a meter is the Current rating (Amps) Be sure that your meter can handle the currents you want to measure. If you try and measure the current of a big club layout with a small meter that is only designed to handle a couple amps then it may make a nice popping noise and begin to burn up. Just like a z scale decoder in a G scale train.