One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have been either very expensive or unobtainable back in the 1970s.

LANSING — Michigan is investigating Consumers Energy, the state's second-biggest power utility, over malfunctioning automated electric meters that led the company to estimate bills because it could ...

RENO — The Reno and Sparks fire chiefs are asking the Public Utilities Commission to investigate the safety of smart meters installed by NV Energy on homes throughout the state in the wake of a ...

It’s remarkable how tiny electronics have become. Heaven knows what an old-timer whose experience started with tubes must think, to go from solder tags to SMD in a lifetime is some journey. Even the ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two northern Nevada fire chiefs have asked the Public Utilities Commission to investigate the safety of NV Energy’s residential “smart” meters, saying they believe the meters are ...

The energy regulator is investigating three 'Big Six' energy firms over a slow roll-out to businesses of advanced electricity meters. Ofgem said British Gas, E.ON and npower were the poorest ...

A recent UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) review has revealed that thousands of consumers remained unbilled for months as several billing agencies missed the mandated monthly targets, generated zero ...

Tektronix recently launched the TAP1500L, an active, single-ended probe that comes with a seven-meter probe cable. With a cable 5.7 meters longer than the original TAP1500 active single-ended probe, ...