[Sickie Ickie]

Okay, for a beginner who wants to start getting into electronics more for haunting, what is the best tool to get to read how much poser is going through a wire, like to find out how much power is going to a servo or LED or something?

 

[Revenant]

you can get a digital multimeter for 10-15 bucks. I got one from Harbor Freight on sale for like 6.

 

[Otaku]

For most applications a good quality Digital Multimeter (DMM) is what you need. These can run from $6 at Harbor Freight to $100s for the really high-end meters. If you are going to be using it with low voltage stuff and you don't need fast response time or really tight precision, go with a less costly unit. I have one of the $6 HF DMMs and its good for fast continuity checks wall wart outputs, and so on, but I also have a $200 Fluke 175 that I use for AC checks and signal monitoring. You can spend a lot more than that, too. If all you need is simple continuity and low voltage power checks, go cheap, but I'd never use the $6 meter on AC line voltage.

 

[Death Master]

If you mean how much voltage, you can use just about any multimeter but if you want to find out how many amps you are pushing through a line you need a amp probe, you can get a meter that does both for about 40-50 bucks I have a simple T-5 Fluke that does both works great, and like Otaku stated above if you are looking for precision your looking to drop a good amount of money.

 

[Sickie Ickie]

Okay, I ordered one, so I hope I can get help figuring out how to use it when I need it?

 

[Sickie Ickie]

If you mean how much voltage, you can use just about any multimeter but if you want to find out how many amps you are pushing through a line you need a amp probe, you can get a meter that does both for about 40-50 bucks I have a simple T-5 Fluke that does both works great, and like Otaku stated above if you are looking for precision your looking to drop a good amount of money.

For now I just need voltage.