$100 Amazon Gift Card. What should I buy?

[Fizz]

A large room, and a good DMM

I'm kinda screwed on the large room. What's a decent DMM that everyone recommends? I have an inexpensive Craftsman DMM and one of those cheap free ones from Harbor Freight.

 

[Fizz]

Same here. Fwiw and ymmv and whatever other acronyms there may be … I prefer solid core, but I’ve had no issues with either that I’ve gotten. No magic to it I’ve found.

I used to be a Electrician's assistant at a small engineering company when I was in college. We built the prettiest Allan Bradley control panels with our solid core wire. I've always be a fan of it since, because it is easy to make it look good. It also fits in breadboards perfectly.

 

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I also use solid core for most stuff on pedals. If your DMM has a 10MΩ input impedance, you should be fine.

 

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Did I miss something here?

Exactly why I clicked the link is unbcertain. What I do know is, you see the strangest depictions on AZ sometimes.....

 

[Laundryroom David]

I only solder next to an open window with a fan blowing across my workspace towards the window. That's my version of a fume extractor, the only problem being that during the colder months I don't have much time to get things finished before it's too cold and dark for open windows.

I'm kinda screwed on the large room. What's a decent DMM that everyone recommends? I have an inexpensive Craftsman DMM and one of those cheap free ones from Harbor Freight.

I bought an AstroAI DMM off Amazon a while back. It’s fine.

At some point you might want something to test transistors with - I just use my ears and RG Keen’s method for rough sorting Ge transistors