Julie & Critters, If a fuse is indeed the problem you may still be able to measure current on the higher range. The Fluke DMM's that I own have two separate ranges and each is protected by a separate fuse. The .630 mA fuse for the lowest scale and a 10 A fuse for the higher current scale. So it is not unusual for one range to function and the other not.
Regards, George Martin On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:13:30 -0700, wolfcreek1 wrote: =>Thanks CK. I will take a look at this and look to see if I blew a fuse as =>George suggested. It still measures the volts from the batteries and other =>current settings. I get nothing for the mA's tho! =( => =>Julie & Critters =>----- Original Message ----- =>From: <cking...@nycap.rr.com> =>To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> =>Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:16 PM =>Subject: Re: CS>DW Readings => => =>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:56:52 -0700, "wolfcreek1" =><wolfcre...@earthlink.net> =>> wrote: =>> =>> > =>> >My DMM says my 27 volt (3-9 volt batteries) are putting out 28 volts. =>But =>> >when I put the positive red lead to the positive battery terminal and the =>> >black negative lead to the brew cell terminal I get a 0 reading when set =>on =>> >the 20 ma setting. HELP! =>> =>> If you actually did what you say you did, you've shorted out your =>batteries and =>> will need new ones. =>> =>> When you measure voltage, you place your MM leads on both sides of what =>you want =>> to measure the voltage across. This is a parallel connection. =>> You've done this correctly! =>> Current is measured in series and some load must be in the circuit to =>limit the =>> current. That's the water! =>> =>> When you measure current (that's the milliamps) you must break the circuit =>> between one battery terminal,connect one terminal of the multimeter, then =>> connect the other terminal of the MM to the silver wire. =>> So The leg to one silver element will be: =>> Battery terminal-> MMterminal->other MMterminal ->silver wire ->water. =>> The other leg will be: Other battery terminal ->other silver wire -> =>water. =>> =>> As an aside, if this were an analog multimeter instead of a digital, it =>most =>> probably would have destroyed the meter. =>> =>> Chuck =>> Spending a year dead for tax purposes ! =>> =>> =>> -- =>> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. =>> =>> To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: =>> silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com =>> with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. =>> =>> To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com =>> Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html =>> List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> =>> => =>