Most cheap meters use a shunt for measuring current, and when it gets zapped, the meter is toast.
The meter I’ve had since the late 1980s is an Extech. Bought it as a cheap traveling meter that had frequency, something that was not common on cheap meters of the day. Very important for generator work... Dan > On Feb 29, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:21:57 -0500 Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Is it possible you only blew the fuse when you "fried" those meters? >> Even my cheapie meters had a fuse for overcurrent protection. And I >> had to replace that fuse a few times too > > No, being an EE at the time, I checked it out -- it was destroyed. > > > Craig > >>> I had had a cheap digital multimeter, but had tried to measure the >>> voltage of a 12 V car battery with it set on current. That mistake >>> destroyed the meter. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
