Greetings EEVBees:
--For those of you who have been bitten by the Multimeter Bug, here is some ameliorative relief. It will not stop the itching, but it will scratch it a bit. About half way down on the indicated web page you will find a reprint of an article by Dean Huster, Electronics Curmudgeon and
Contributing editor emeritus of the "Q&A" column in Poptronics magazine, R.I.P. (the magazine not Dean).
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http://www.vintage-radio.info/download/download.php?dir=heathkit&file=it-28.gif"
--You can search the site for many other examples of Dean holding forth on all topics electronic. All very readable and informative. This guy has been there and seen the elephant. Clear Either