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I got the waterslide deal stuff (lazertran) from 'walter arts supplies' in palmie north. seem to be a lot of them on ebay too now.
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I'm looking to buy a Multimeter for helping me build pedals, can someone point me in the right direction? A few cheapies on the DSE website:

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1469/un ... eter-ut20b

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1563/ds ... multimeter

Will I need a $100 one over the $15 one and why?
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SammyD wrote:I'm looking to buy a Multimeter for helping me build pedals, can someone point me in the right direction? A few cheapies on the DSE website:

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1469/un ... eter-ut20b

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1563/ds ... multimeter

Will I need a $100 one over the $15 one and why?
I got one from the warehouse.. was either $29.95 or $39.95.
has capacitance meter which is handy... but not picofarad level

all I've used in any of the pedals I've done.

that $15 one will be fine.. but eventually the fact that the probes are moulded in there (as opposed to plugs) will bother you

get a handful of alligator leads too (surplustronics have them)
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SammyD wrote:I'm looking to buy a Multimeter for helping me build pedals, can someone point me in the right direction? A few cheapies on the DSE website:

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1469/un ... eter-ut20b

http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1563/ds ... multimeter

Will I need a $100 one over the $15 one and why?
Jaycar has better range and prices. Here are a few:

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp ... TID=1060#1

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp ... TID=1060#1

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp ... TID=1060#1

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp ... TID=1060#1

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rocklander wrote: I got one from the warehouse.. was either $29.95 or $39.95.
has capacitance meter which is handy... but not picofarad level
Make sure you're not touching the leads. It can affect the readings.

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pete_currie wrote:
rocklander wrote: I got one from the warehouse.. was either $29.95 or $39.95.
has capacitance meter which is handy... but not picofarad level
Make sure you're not touching the leads. It can affect the readings.
yup.. I just used the socket on board cos I couldn't be @rsed unplugging th eleads to change to cap reading
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http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1456/au ... multimeter
This is best bang for buck in the hobby range... same as the one I use.
Biggest difference is it has 43 ranges AND autoranging, so you don't have to decode the display. Also it comes in a handy case which props it up for use on your bench

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Cdog wrote:http://dicksmith.co.nz/product/Q1456/au ... multimeter
This is best bang for buck in the hobby range... same as the one I use.
Biggest difference is it has 43 ranges AND autoranging, so you don't have to decode the display. Also it comes in a handy case which props it up for use on your bench
bingo.. that looks the ducks nuts 8)
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Sweet, looks like they have that one in stock at my local store :) Cheers boys, next part will be figuring out what the output actually means but that's where google helps :D
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I had no idea, but farnell/element14 must have changed their strategy... they now have free shipping on all online orders :shock:

minimum purchase of $10 which is way more than reasonable..


so the next bit is, if ya want small, solid mono jacks (very handy for 1590A builds) the lumberg KLMB 3 is ideal..

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they take up about 75% of the same room a switchcraft does.
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Solid, I like!
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Nice! Thanks for the tip, I lost interest in them because of the shipping/minimum order limits a while ago

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Cdog wrote:Nice! Thanks for the tip, I lost interest in them because of the shipping/minimum order limits a while ago
same, but mouser couldn't supply that particular jack, so when I asked how many I'd have to buy to get free delivery they said $75 worth on the phone,but online orders were free delivery for orders over $10.. blew me away.

I think they're making up for it by raising their prices.. these jacks are a fair price, but the 1590a is 60%odd more expensive than the ones at mouser... and it's exactly the same hammond box too.
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to save me mole sniffing my way through the past pages - anyone got a solid source of altertives to hammond boxes?,,
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I use jaycar or mouser.
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