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My old RadioShack multimeter finally gave up at a garage sale
I was helping a neighbor sort stuff for their sale last Saturday and found my old analog multimeter from 1992 sitting in a box. It still worked for basic voltage checks, but the needle was sticking and the zero adjust knob was stripped. It got me thinking about how we used to test car alternators and wall outlets with these clunky things, no digital display or auto-range. I ended up selling it for $5 to a guy who collects vintage tools, and now I'm wondering if anyone else has retired an old meter they just couldn't toss?
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the_elizabeth23d ago
Wait, is this really something to think this hard about? You got five bucks for a meter that was already half broken, seems like a fair deal to me. The needle sticking thing is just wear, not some tragic loss of a tool that mattered. Honestly, I still have a digital one from 2005 in my truck and I don't even remember the last time I used it for more than checking a fuse. Old tools are cool to look at, but at the end of the day it's a piece of plastic and metal that did its job.
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