multimeter advice needed

[Don.F.Broadus at ucm.com]

A Fluke 76 is a good meter for around $125. I would use a 100 Amp/ 100 MV
shunt in series with the alt output and read DC millivolts as current 1 amp=
1 millivolt. So the shunt is a little more messy but a lot cheaper ($20)
than a hall effect current probe . 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	James Weiler [SMTP:james at brc.ubc.ca]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 17, 1999 1:03 PM
> 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