Converting 2 wires cheap voltmeter to 3 wires

You can find these very cheap voltmeters all over ebay. They have a single wire for both power supply and volt measurement. No surprise, they need enough voltage to power up the circuit and display, that is ~ 3.3 v As a result they are useless to display lower voltage. If we flip them, the power supply part is simple enough : On the Top left,there is a diode marked as D1 (reverse polarity protection), followed by a 7133H voltage regulator on the bottom left to get 3.3 v. Just remove the diode and connect 5v power supply there Done ! Now you can measure much lower voltage. It might be a good idea to put back a reverse polarity protection diode somewhere ....