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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: Generic Eric on October 24, 2011, 08:17:29 pm

Title: Question about test equipment
Post by: Generic Eric on October 24, 2011, 08:17:29 pm

I am researching multimeters for a future purchase.  What is the typical & highest amperage & or voltage I am likely to encounter when restoring and or troubleshooting an arcade machine? 

Title: Re: Question about test equipment
Post by: ed12 on October 24, 2011, 09:20:47 pm

any digital multimeter will handle the job
personaly i like fluke but there dam pricey
u could buy a cheapie
but then u get what u pay for
most if not all multimeter's >good< 1's will handle 10-amp's and 1500vdc/ac
and have a didoe range,auto ohm's/mili-voltrange

ed

Title: Re: Question about test equipment
Post by: Spyridon on October 25, 2011, 02:47:37 pm

Wrong section for this post...


But to answer your question, any cheap one should do the basics that you need. Try to get one with an audible continuity test as that makes things easier (almost all these days have this)