Multi-Meter advice...

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
A meter is useless unless the probe tip can pierce PVC or cross-link insulation
Same for clamping a lead to a wire or terminal


The OLDAKER brand test leads with needle-sharp stainless steel tips are without peer in the test lead world. They make a joke out of Fluke test leads.

Regardless butcher your meter when you get it. Fashion a hook from a coat hanger then lay hands on a strong neodmium magnet and GOOP it to the rear side of the case.

Years ago when I was still repairing consumer electronics I took a BIC pen assy. Removed the insides and put a stainless steel antenna rod in it and sharpened the end so I could pierce the coating on circuit boards. I still use it today. I put a bit of braze on the rod so I could solder the probe wire to it.