Usually the wire goes bad at either the button end or at the plug end.  So 
in the one that I have I just use a regular banana plug test lead, then I 
use a jack and push button switch with it to get a reading.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: talking v. o.m.


> How do you fix the button?  I have one that quit long ago.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Oct
> 2011, Gerry Leary wrote:
>
>> The only two things that ever happen to those meters is the display quits
>> and the button to tell it to talk quits.  You can fix the button, but I
>> don't know if you can fix the display.  The National Federation of the 
>> blind
>> independence market sells some talking volt meters.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob - KA5ETA" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:32 PM
>> Subject: talking v. o.m.
>>
>>
>>> A while back there was a company talked about that was selling a talking
>>> volt meter.  At the time my old radio shack meter was in good shape so I
>>> did
>>> not keep the information, guess what, the old meter went out on me and 
>>> now
>>> I
>>> am looking for the information.  Does anyone still have the address for
>>> the
>>> talking meter?
>>
>>