The electrician used a voltmeter to check the wire to see if it was live.    From LearnThat.org. 

As if by magic, tools appeared, and wire, and a voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Heorot]

• Run engine until batteries right up and voltmeter showing F.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Spirit] Reference

They tested the fence section: not a flicker from the voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Heorot]

Figure 69. like Fig. 68 but with one voltmeter 1 change-over switch.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Measuring technology of checking electrotechnical installations and equipment and of permanently controlling the main parameters in operation (I, U, P, Wh, Q, )] Reference

Voltage measurement (high-voltage - voltmeter with voltage transformer).    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Measurement Circuits] Reference

Willie plugged his end of the cable into the voltmeter, and took a reading.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modesty Blaise]

He turned the knob, and the needle on the voltmeter moved obligingly upwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damned If You Don't] Reference

On putting a condenser on the high pressure circuit, the voltmeter wire fused.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference

Measuring instruments voltmeter ammeter wattmeter with 2 elements electrometer.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Selected Graphical Symbols of Electrotechnology] Reference

Direct correct-voltage measurement - A amperemeter, V voltmeter, RA load resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Measuring technology of checking electrotechnical installations and equipment and of permanently controlling the main parameters in operation (I, U, P, Wh, Q, )] Reference

By means of a certain voltmeter, a maximum voltage of Ui = 15 mV can only be measured.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Electric Circuits] Reference

Wires from the battery were connected to a voltmeter and other electrical instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden State] Reference

He unplugged the voltmeter, put it in his pocket, then bent down, lowering her to the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modesty Blaise]

We're not talking about whether you read the numbers on a voltmeter or in a centrifuge the same way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvard Probes Claims Of Scientific Misconduct] Reference

The plates were 41¾ inches apart, and at the end of the run the voltmeter across the terminals read 20.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference

It was tested calorimetrically, and also by the three voltmeter method, which, however, proved to be too insensitive.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Laboratory Arts] Reference

The resistance, R1, serves to vary the intensity of the shunt field of the dynamo, the volts being indicated by the voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference

The voltmeter, V2, immediately above this resistance, serves to indicate the difference of potential at the machine terminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference

A Gramme alternator was coupled to the low pressure coil of a transformer, and a hot wire voltmeter put across the primary circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference

An A.C. voltmeter can, of course, be substituted for the lamps, or a D.C. voltmeter with D.C. current can be used in making the tests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon] Reference

Analog AC voltmeter directly connected to main bus.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAKE Magazine] Reference

You can test your alternator by using a voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

The relux plate cooled slightly, and the voltmeter remained steady.    From Wordnik.com.  [Islands of Space] Reference

At full load the voltmeter would indicate 110 plus 26, or 136 volts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine] Reference

He left, just as Devin returned with a large electrostatic voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ultimate Weapon] Reference

College with two light bulbs, red and black wires, and a voltmeter in front of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

Testing a TP sensor is easy if you have a basic digital voltmeter and a T-pin or two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berks county news] Reference

Batt-O-Meter is a simple to use device, yet so much more than a voltmeter or multimeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music gadgets] Reference

Turn the rheostat handle gradually; as you advance it, the voltmeter needle will advance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine] Reference

Set the voltmeter to the DC scale and measure your jeep's voltage across battery terminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

Yeahp, I would just turn on the engine and measure with any voltmeter the battery terminals.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Having assured yourself that the mechanical details are all right, now look at the voltmeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine] Reference

Do you have a recommendation about which voltmeter I might buy - and maybe a few tips to use it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berks county news] Reference

The built-in voltmeter shows kids how effective their energy sources are at collecting electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference