Could be. When I bought a used MX I had to replace the original battery (1 piece) with two button batteries.
Unfortunately, I put them in with +/- reversed and burned out the meter.
Really? I think I did that once too. :-)
Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
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