Its max ratings are 1000 volts DC, 750 volts AC, 400 milliamp.  Don't 
know what the maximum frequency meter can detect offhand, and it will 
also read capacitance and check diodes.  It has an audible continuity 
tester which grates on my nerves to use.  *grin*

It sells for around $50.

The history on this is that the NFB tried to order the Omega meter in 
some quantity for its Youth Slam.  Omega refused to fill the order, 
saying it was dangerous for a blind person to use a multimeter (good 
thing we didn't tell them it was for blind high school students!)  We 
did tell them that they could not refuse to sell to us on the basis 
of disability.  They continued to refuse.

So the NFB let some lawyers out of the cage.  Omega responded by 
taking the product off the market, saying that they would gladly sell 
us multimeters a blind person could not use instead.

So we found the Tophand meter, which is cheaper but difficult to 
source.  It's carried by TheSource in Canada, but they don't ship to 
US addresses from their website (and it's hard to find the product 
anyway!)  MPJA got a bunch of them in the surplus market, but has 
long since sold out of them.  The NFB has them, but I don't know if 
they're going to have supply problems in the future or not.

Get 'em while you can, I figure.  (And I did figure out how to use 
standard test leads with the thing, but it's clearly not what I'm 
meant to do!)

Joseph - KF7QZC


On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 11:46:59AM -0400, Michael Thurman wrote:
>how much does the nfb meter cost and what areit's cabilities  does =
>anyone have one  I'd love to get a talking meter,  and this is the first =
>I have heard of there being one availible again. I'm not sure why they =
>keep stopping their production, except a rumor I heard abotu the older =
>one is that they got scared of lawsuits when a blindie electrocuted =
>himself testing something  cause everyone knows all we can do is sit on =
>a street corner with a tinc up andbeg   lol
>73 b7nla
>On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:40 PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>
>> I'm positive that if the pictures can be believed, the "Tophand"=20
>> meter with "Nexxtech" leads, that's what the NFB is selling.
>>=20
>> Joseph - KF7QZC
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>> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 01:47:22PM -0800, Mike Keithley wrote:
>>> It's out of stock. Too bad! I have one and it's a nice device, =
>especially when I found that it can be made to talk continuously.
>>>=20
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Gale Conard <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To:  [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Monday, Oct 3, 2011 10:10:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: talking v. o.m.
>>>=20
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>>>> Bob,
>>>>=20
>>>> This info is over three years old, but worth a try.
>>>>=20
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>>>> Gale,
>>>> [log in to unmask]
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>>>> For $39 you can now buy a TALKING DIGITAL MULTI METER from a surplus =
>vendor
>>>> who has 885 units left.
>>>>=20
>>>> http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=3D16562+TE
>>>>=20
>>>> My husband and I have purchased lots of goodies from MPJA and find =
>them
>>>> cheap, quick and reliable.
>>>>=20
>>>> --Debee KF6BKR
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>>>> VFolks, these are still available from Marlin P. Jones.
>>>> www.mpja.com
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>>>> $39.95 plus shipping.
>>>> I just ordered a spare for myself.
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>>>> Thought I'd spread the word.
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