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From: Patrick.Gormley@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Patrick Gormley)
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Subject: Talking voltmeter
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:22:36 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

A couple of days ago, I was listening to World Radio and heard a
demonstration of the talking multimeter from Radio Shack.  My sighted
reader is Joe Grzesik KU3Z and we were both interested in seeing a live
model of the device to get a hands-on demonstration.  The other day we
found a radio shack and tested several batteries, a couple of fuses in
its built-in continuity checker and we checked out its capabilities.
When in the continuity mode, the meter emits a high-pitched buzz just
before the reading is displayed and spoken.  Since this meter is an
automatic range meter, it's a good idea to wait about 30 seconds before
pressing the button  on the side of the positive probe to get a reading.
 It runs on 4 AA batteries and will measure up to 750 volts and can
measure up to 30 megohms resistence.  If the scale range is exceeded, it
will say over and will also say that if you have an open circuit and
can't measure the value it will just say over.  When you touch the two
probes together, it will say 0 ohms etc.  It's a handy device to have
around the place to troubleshoot equipment and is a good first purchase
for a test bench.  I was wondering if anyone has done any adapting of
regular test equipment using plans from the Smith-Kettlewell Technical
File articles.  I would like to hear from them in any case. 73- KK3F

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