Power supply musings

[Paul Perry]

At 10:43 PM 9/06/99 -0500, Larry Hendry wrote:
 One of the best cheap tools every gigging musician should
>have is a simple plug in circuit analyzer.  For $5 you have a tool even the
>drummer knows how to use to check outlets for correct polarity and
>grounding.  I never plugged in anything without checking.  Of course, a
>nice voltmeter is much better, 

perhaps not.. even cheap multimeters have such high input impedance that 
you can get confused measuring leakage onto floating broken wires..
stick to the plug analyser for the gig.
BTW, I saw somebody replace the resistor in a 'neon screwdriver' with copper 
wire to "make it go better".. (he was an auto electrician)

paul perry melbourne australia