Newbie to Electrical Engineering

[Auggie]

What do you all recommend as a good multimeter that will help me in my Electrical Engineering major? I noticed in Daves reviews that there are multimeter s designed for different professions like some specifically for electricians and some for electronics. I was thinking of investing in a fluke 87. So any suggestions let me know.

[EEVblog]

The question is how much do you want to spend?
You can get a decent meter that will do the job for say $50.
In another thread on here someone got the Amprobe 38XR for $65 or something, a bargain.

Dave.

[rossmoffett]

I have an 87 now and it's nice, but I got through my electronics classes with a very cheap multimeter that didn't measure microamps.  I used resistors to find my current, by taking the voltage across them.  Still not ideal, but you'll find accuracy is not as important as knowing what you're doing in a university lab.  I've been amazed at the grades I got for failed projects simply for thoroughly documenting what went wrong, why and what could be done to fix the situation.

[Simon]

well I suppose it's one thing to get it right and another to get it wrong, figure out the problem and know how to get it right next time

[Neilm]

If you get it right first time you will not learn anything. It is after fouling up and debugging you begin to understand. (says the guy who spent best part of a week trying to debug a circuit where he swapped the input and feedback resistors on an op-amp)

[Simon]

thats is true of designing and learning to design robust equipment (I myself learnt a few harsh lessins), but there are many TV repairers that don't know a lot about electronics and could not design a thing to save their lives but they do not have to know because it's more about knowing the brands and model series and the faults inherent to each one, like a good mechanic will know the failures inherent to a particular model of car but he will not know how to design a car