Randy,
Amen. After all, it was a rather basic question for a rather basic need. I just bought the set made by W&G that you recommended. Any takers for those nine extraneous pairs? [:D]
What is RMS?
Root Mean Square.
Rich
Rich,
OK. Some kind of metric. Sounds interesting. How would you explain it in “civilian” terms?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square
Mel
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
I guess I should have been more clear. All I did is answer the question exactly as it was asked. The answer now is completely clear to anyone.
That must be why my girlfriend would get mad at me if she asked me if I knew what time it was and only said yes.
Rich
OK, I guess all my fancy meters and test leads are not appropriate for this forum. I will not ever tell you guys what else is in all those tool boxes in my garage.
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I worked with 480 3 phase for decades, I would NEVER use a cheap meter, or test leads, for anything, ever.
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-Kevin
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The OP asked if there were any type of leads he could use in his multimeter with aligator clips on the end instead of the probes.
Randy told him about buying the leads with clips on both ends, clip one end to the multimeter probe, and the other end to what you want to test, or measure, or whatever.
I’ve been doing this since the beginning, since my first multimeter.
Real simple.
I don’t know what your getting upset about?
He asked a simple question, and eventually got a simple answer.
Mike.
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I am not the least bit upset. Sorry if it came off that way.
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My post shows EXACTLY what he asked for, Fluke clips that are desgined to go over probe tips.
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Then I showed what I use, because I am not a fan of add-on clips.
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If everyone is comfortable with using alligator jumper wires, well OK.
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This has happened to me before, in a thread where someone asked what everyone’s favorite tweezers are. I prefer this $60.00 pair of Snap-On miniature needle nose pliers to tweezers. That was not a welcomed answer either.
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-Kevin
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For checking voltage, hands-free, I use this little test light I rigged together using an 1157 tail light bulb.
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The sockets on the front fit the Fluke test leads, so I can use all my meter attachment that best matches for the condition I am checking.
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I can also easily wire it into series with one of my Fluke DVOMs to verify amperage.
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-Kevin
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Who said fancy meters aren;t welcome to be mentioned here? Considering I mentioned mine. All I said was that a $100 set of test leasd which are fully safety rated for high volrage are probably not an appropriate accessory for a $5 meter that shouldn’t be connected to high voltage no matter how safe the probes are.
And most model railroaders should have a meter, but they have no use to use it for all the fancy electronic stuff or high voltage AC, so buying a severl hundred dollar meter doesn’t make sense, when those $5 ones are perfectly adequate.
I’m a bit of collector when it comes to test equipment, but I use it all at some point. Besides a bunch of the HF ones, I have the old FLuke 8060 I refurbished, and I have a Bryman BM235 and a custom model, the EEVBlog 121GW. Both of those have electrical field detection and are CAT IV rated, using proper HRC fuses. On my bench I have an old FLuke 8012, a not quite as old FLuke 45, and a newish GW Instek. Both of the latter are dusal display, the GW Instek also does 4 wire sense. SO yes, I have fancy meters. But none of them are required for model railroading, the el cheapo ones are perfectly fine - it’s a HF Centech that is in my model railroad toolbox.
–Randy