We always put the Luan down with those ringed underlayment nails and smoothed any seams or nail spots with Rock Hard water putty and a putty knife. It's a powder you mix with water and it dries fast.
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KAIWEETS Digital Multimeter TRMS 6000 Counts Ohmmeter Auto-Ranging Fast Accurately Measures Voltage Current Amp Resistance Diodes Continuity Duty-Cycle Capacitance Temperature for Automotive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SHLS63...abc_7PZK9XPB897NE7PMT335?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
With their $8 coupon I paid only $32 incl tax for this multimeter. Geez, quite the value! This is an auto ranging meter. Does all the things a multimeter does. Has the audio continuity feature and also does capacitance and temperature. Even does non-contact voltage detection. Was surprised at the quality and robustness of this thing in addition to all the features. If you need a multimeter this one is very high value. Fluke is the only way to go if you make a living using a multimeter but short of that this one is the way to go.
KAIWEETS Digital Multimeter TRMS 6000 Counts Ohmmeter Auto-Ranging Fast Accurately Measures Voltage Current Amp Resistance Diodes Continuity Duty-Cycle Capacitance Temperature for Automotive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SHLS63...abc_7PZK9XPB897NE7PMT335?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
With their $8 coupon I paid only $32 incl tax for this multimeter. Geez, quite the value! This is an auto ranging meter. Does all the things a multimeter does. Has the audio continuity feature and also does capacitance and temperature. Even does non-contact voltage detection. Was surprised at the quality and robustness of this thing in addition to all the features. If you need a multimeter this one is very high value. Fluke is the only way to go if you make a living using a multimeter but short of that this one is the way to go.
Fancy, I still have a Simpson 260 (and a fluke)
I have a 260 but never use it. I’ve got a couple fluke 87’s and other various meters. My old boss loved the 260.
I have my dad’s old Simpson. Guessing it was from the 50s. I never used it.Fancy, I still have a Simpson 260 (and a fluke)
I’m no electrician by any stretch but I know enough to be dangerous. A multimeter is kinda essential if you want to do your own basic electrical work. I don’t deserve a Fluke but I do deserve something half decent.
I have my dad's old VTVM, Eico, I think and a tube testerI have my dad’s old Simpson. Guessing it was from the 50s. I never used it.
I’m no electrician by any stretch but I know enough to be dangerous. A multimeter is kinda essential if you want to do your own basic electrical work. I don’t deserve a Fluke but I do deserve something half decent.
I have an old Fluke from when I was in the Army. It has push buttons on the side to select ranges.
If they do then I haven’t seen one. I have a few meters at home and a pretty complete set at work. At work I have two Fluke 87V multimeters, a couple current clamps, scope meter, digital meg ohm meter, digital tachometer, and an infrared temperature gun.
I used to do a fair amount of side work for people I know. I also have a circuit breaker finder. You plug this into a receptacle and then go across the breakers in the panel with a sensor and it lights up when you get to the one that you’re plugged into. Makes quick work of finding which breaker to turn off instead of turning them off one at a time until you find the right one.
By the way, one of the reasons I bought this particular multimeter is because it has a min/max feature on it. In other words, it records the minimum and maximum readings in an event sequence. This is a great feature for measuring your car battery. Yes, you do a straight up voltage measurement of your battery with the car off. Should be around 12.6v give or take a couple 10ths. But this test alone is not enough. You have to test it when the battery is loaded. You do this when you start your car. Hook the multimeter up to your battery. Press the min/max function. Start the car. Turn it off. Press the min max button to see what the max/min readings were for this sequence. If your min falls below 10v, your battery is shot and needs replacing. Some say 10.5v, others say 9.6v. They're all over the map. But 10.0 is a good rule of thumb. I'd even consider replacing below 10.5. You can buy a lot of batteries for the price of a tow. I checked this on my wife's car. Her battery starts her car fine but she cannot play the radio for very long without the car running before it kills the battery. A sign the battery is going. Sure enough, I measured a minimum of 10.17v This is approaching dead. I live in a warmer climate so maybe I get away with more than someone who lived in a colder climate. I will be replacing this battery next weekend.
NOTE: Check your car battery using DC (Direct Current) setting. Not AC (Alternate Current).
NOTE: Check your car battery using DC (Direct Current) setting. Not AC (Alternate Current).
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I got my last one for the truck at Tractor supply 2 years ago, seems like a good one and it was cheaper than wally world for this one.
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