I need something with a current clamp, and those are at least 600.
But the truth is those mosquito thing isn’t worth fixing…
Yeah current clamp or temperature sensor isn’t something your 08/15 (do you say it this way in English anyway?) multimeter features.
True, repairing a mosquito racket is not efficient, if you consider the value of your own time. Still, for sake if avoiding garbage and for learning, I fatherly approve of it 
Still, for sake if avoiding garbage and for learning
Thank you! Something the ‘internet dads’ will never understand.
Yeah, this. It’s not something I would ever do, because I (unfortunately) have no interest in puzzling out electronics like this. But everyone’s got different hobbies and interests, and it’s fun reading this thread about how people are indulging in theirs.
I was talking about the mosquito racket. I see them in markets for $200 or there abouts. I see them as throw away items.
By all means try and fix it for the enjoyment but don’t throw good money after bad by spending money and time on getting multimeters and soldering equipment.
Thanks for the advice!
Oh yeah, perhaps it might not be worth buying a NT$200 multimeter solely to attempt to repair a NT$200 mosquito racket. Good point…
Ah, but spending NT$200 on an intellectually stimulating project that’s also an investment in home maintenance skills? Sounds worth it to me.
And financially a lot more sensible than my LEGO habit.
Yeah, I bought one a couple of years ago to make a DIY electrocardiogram as an intellectually stimulating project.
Never quite got it working, because I couldn’t get the port on my laptop to read the output signal and I don’t trust my PC (i.e., Taiwanese mains supply) to not electrocute me when I have electrodes strapped across my heart. I definitely get an electric shock from the metal case, so it seemed too risky…
I get an electric shock from the metal case in Taiwan all the time, it does not matter what electronics. Whether it’s computers or AC units. I’m pretty sure it’s not deadly because it would give you more than a tingle if it was. But grounding seems nonexistent in Taiwan.
See? Got your money’s worth right there!
It’s clearly not deadly when it’s just incidental contact through your hand or foot or whatever (or I’d already have died about 500 times in Taiwan, every time I touch my PC case, kettle, Instant Pot, or dishware drying oven).
Though I’m not 100% sure it’s not deadly when directly applied between two ECG electrodes placed across one’s heart, and I don’t know enough about electronics to confidently mitigate that risk.
100 milliamp through the heart is deadly. Seems less or more won’t really kill you (though it will make you wish you were). It seems it has to do with the way it makes your heart move that kills you.
I have no idea the source of the tingle… and how do I get rid of it? Pulling a ground is very hard if you do not live on the ground floor, and even then it’s hard to find the ground as it does not seem like it’s even mandated by code. The only appliance I seen grounded in my house is the water heater… I wonder why.