Hi everyone, Randy here again. I guess I'm not screwing up as bad as I thought because those magazine editors keep asking me to write another column. They said as long as I have something to talk ...

A multimeter might look intimidating, but learning to use this simple electrician's tool will come in handy during a number of every day tasks.

Most multimeters today have an auto turn-off feature built in. There is enough space in a multimeter enclosure so why not to install a simple circuit that would take care of this? Figure 1 shows a ...