Gernsback #85 - How to Get the Most Out of Your VOM * CDROM * PDF * KE3GK

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Gernsback Library #132
How to Get the Most out of your VOM
by Tom Jaski (1960)
228 pages in Adobe PDF format on CDROM
THERE
are many possessions in life we see so frequently that we take them for granted. Like the modern automobile, we even manage to use them relatively efficiently, at least up to a point. The volt-ohm-milliammeter or vom .is one of these items. Many technicians and engineers learn how to use it for a limited number of measurements, without really understanding its versatility. Here then we want to tell you what the voltohmmeter consists of, how and why it works, what uses can be made of it, how to adapt it for other purposes not usually known, how to care for the instrument, how to check it for accuracy, how to use it in the many ways it can
be used in servicing and constructing electronic equipment of all kinds.
It is absolutely no exaggeration to say that the vom is the instrument most frequently used by professional service technicians, engineers and maintenance men. From radio and TV repair to such fields as automotive electrical repair, the advantages of the vom are almost automatically realized and used without much conscious thought. It is for many the handiest instrument available, the first they will turn to in their work.
Vom's come in many sizes, shapes, ranges and price classes, and we will have something to tell you about the selection of the proper instrument for your purposes. But they all have similar characteristics in that they are applicable to many measurements (because of their many ranges) and they they need no power source, in contrast to their more expensive cousins, the vacuum tube voltmeters. Incidentally, following trade practice, the vom (in this book) is variously referred to as an ohmmeter, multitester, multimeter and volt-ohm-milliammeter.
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