multimeter advice needed

[Pat Ford]

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, James Weiler wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:02:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: James Weiler <james at brc.ubc.ca>
> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Cc: eec at eelink.net
> Subject: multimeter advice needed
> 
> Gang,
> I'm looking for a digital multimeter that can also read frequency (what 
> range I don't know, anybody have any recomendations here?) and handle current 
> high enough to measure alt. output and starter draw so proly close to 100 
> Amps.  Don't know if they come this high.  Proly my dream meter is a fluke 
> but I don't want to hand over my first born and perhaps an appendage too. 
> 
> It would be ideal if it could measure current by an inductive pick-up.  
> Don't know if all this is possible at a reasonable price, I may be asking 
> too much.
> 
> Thanks for any and all advice,
> jw

I saw a meter in the back of Electronis Now or some such it did dwell,
pwm, frequency as well as the more mundane things I'll try to track do 
the ad ( it was a full page one as I remember)
 

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