16 May
2012
16 May
'12
2:49 p.m.
On 05/16/2012 02:32 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
AVO is of course an acronym for Amps, Volts, Ohms. The
AVOmeter was one
of the firrst multimeters in the UK (I think you can find them form the
1930s, if not earlier).
Old hands over here use the term 'AVO' (or AVOmeter) generically to refer
to a multimeter, even if not of that make. So if one fo them says 'Have
yuo got an AVO?' and you hand him a Fluke 87, he'll be happy (although
the company lawyers won't be :-))
Over here, one used to hear the term "VOM" (Volt-Ohm Meter), but now
"DVM", "DMM" (whether it's "D" or not!) or
"multimeter" is common. VTVM
(Vacuum Tube Voltmeter, as distinct from a low-impedance device) was
common up into my childhood in the 1970s.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA