Digital Multimeter
This morning was the day I actually used my digital multimeter, purchased several months ago from a thrift store, for an actual productive use.
Yes, it was for testing a battery. And now it's back in its box and not cluttering up my desk.
It's the kind of technology that I always wanted to have around, just in case.
I bought my first multimeter from a hardware store after I had to fix one of our light switches. I had to get some help from a family member, because I messed it up. I thought I could replace a broken switch, but it turned out to be part of not one, but two, three-way circuits.
Part of the process of fixing it involved lots of testing which wires had current running through them. I thought that was really neat, and I wanted to get a tool that would do that. The fix worked, but we were left with one three-way pair of light switches that didn't work properly.
I figured that I could fix the problem, so I got that first multimeter. I never found the time to actually do it, so we called in a professional. She fixed it in a few minutes.
I'm also glad that I didn't have to mess around with the wiring when there was actual current running through it.
So now I have two of these things kicking around. They have been useful for testing batteries. I still hope to do some hobby electronics. Someday.
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