<VV> Meters vs Test Lights

[PatioMatt at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/8/2008 8:00:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
HallGrenn at aol.com writes:

That's why you have to measure the voltage DROP  in  the wire  going to the 
device with the device turned ON.
 
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In the 60's we kids only had test lights...  working in a carlot  soon taught 
me that the brightness of the bulb meant something!
 
Someone alerted me to the fact that a 10 volt bulb would work on 6 / 8 /  12 
volt systems without burning out...now I only needed one test  light...
 
When I went to work in a production facility wiring complex industrial  
turbine packages... we had no POWER....
 
People used the old Lantern  6 volt batteries to power one of a  1,000 wires 
to TEST before sending to final assembly
 
Only when I went to work in the Production TEST cells where we  actually  ran 
the packages..I was REQUIRED to have a meter!   $300  and was big as a  DVD 
player...
 
Now we can buy a pocket meter for $2.99  that does more!  

Matt  Nall
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