Autorange Multimeter with Temp and Backlight

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So what we have here is your typical Auto-Ranging 3 and a half digit Digital Multimeter, this one I think represents good value for money and suits the beginner to intermediate electronics enthusiast, or somebody like me who can never have too many multimeters around the place.

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED (my 80s-inner-child is showing), takes a standard 9 volt battery. Also if the retail box is especially important to you (maybe for a gift) please let me know first - sometimes they are not retail packaged, or the box may differ, or the box shows a different model of meter, I guess it comes down to which warehouse worker packed my import on any given day!

Why do I think it is a goodun?

1. It comes with a K-Type thermocouple probe, measuring temperatures can be a highly useful thing in electronics tinkering. How hot is that IC/LED/Resistor.... most cheap multimeters can't do this.
2. It has a backlight and auto-power off. Many cheap multimeters omit one or the other, which is a real pain!
3. It has fuses on BOTH the 250mA and the 10A current ranges. Almost all cheap multimeters only fuse the 250mA range, and leave the 10A range unfused.
4. It has a nice professional orange rubber bumper which neatly contains the meter and helps protect it from damage. Cheap multimeters are usually just plastic.

Ok, so I think you can see that this is a bit better than the average 5-buck-chuck meter.

Teaching you how to use a multimeter is beyond the scope of this listing (try Colin Cunningham's video for the real basics: MAKE presents: The Multimeter )

PLEASE: Do not even think about working on Mains Electricity unless you FULLY know what you are doing. That electricity in your house, it can kill you. Shorting out your house wiring through a multimeter held in your hand on a current range, could lead to unscheduled changing of your undies, or worse. LEARN how to handle electricity with low voltage and low current, be safe.