it's too bad they stopped including the wallwart with the meters...though I 
don't think they ever included it with the tw2...when I got my tw1 years ago 
from HRO, it came with a wallwart and the power supply leads.
those leads have come in rather handy a few times for other projects and 
devices.
I have a talking multi-meter with the audible continuity tester, so figuring 
out which wire is which with an outside ground and posative center pin is no 
problem at all.
I also always put a single knot in the posative/red/hot wire so that I 
always always know which is which...labels can fall off and so on...a knot 
never comes out.
apparently this is a more common practice than I thought...i've met a few 
sighted electronics geeks who do the same thing so they can easily tell 
which wire is which in low lighting or hard to see locations.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: The TW2 came.


>    Kevin:
>
> Ok on your reasons for needing the walwart, but at least you know if Radio
> Shack doesn't have something you can use, you have the other alternative 
> of
> working with the leads they gave you.
>
> Fortunately for me, I have sighted assistance, and can get help with wire
> colors for positive and negative.  Once I know which is which, I 
> immediately
> label them with dymo tape, so I don't accidentally get them reversed.
>
> Anyway, good luck, and please keep us posted on how you do with the new 
> TW2.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:03 PM
> Subject: Re: The TW2 came.
>
>
> Hi Tom.
>
> I checked the box that the TW2 came in as well as the box that they packed
> the box with the TW2, and there's no 12 volt wall wart.  There is the lead
> that can be hooked to my Astron, but I have two things going against me.
> First, my hands aren't coordinated enough to put the wires on the 
> terminals,
> and second, and more importantly, I don't know what wire goes where.  As a
> friend of mine said I have a 50 50 chance, but I really don't want the 
> blue
> sparks coming out of this nice new meter.  I can wait until tomorrow or
> Friday to get what I need.
>
> I may have fun and switch the meter to German.  I can learn the numbers 
> that
> way. <grin>
>
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
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