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Link's no good. What are you trying to test?
Scientists say that the universe is made up of Protons, Neutron & Electrons. They forgot "Morons".
Dave. (CTUB) Canadian Techs Use Bix!
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Thanks for the reply.
I was tring to figure out if the cable has voltage it picked up, without blowing up my cable tester again.
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RIP Moderator-Mitel, Panasonic
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Plain old multimeter will do just fine. You might get smart like I did. Got tired of the guys blowing up $25 meters.  I bought a bunch of Chinese meters on e-bay. $3 each including shipping when I bought 10. 
When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.
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Meters are ok for check normal 110ac, or seeing if the fuse blown. There are times, when I get into the weird voltage area, that it would be nice to see what the voltage looks like.
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Where did my last post go...like the others said, no need to spend a ton of money. If you end up blowing the fuse in the meter, you can easily replace it
Jeff Moss
Moss Communications
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Weird voltage in the telco field, to me anyway, would be an AC component on a DC line, ie. hum on the audio. If you look at the pair with a multimeter set to AC, all you will see is the AC. Probably something under 2 volts. I always start with 120, just in case, and then work my way down to a setting that gives me a clear reading. Sometimes you need a really high impedance meter to see the stray/unwanted !@#$% stuff, tho. And lets not discuss what you might see on an idle G/S pair!
When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.
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