Jim Yanik wrote:
After reading all this,I checked the $3 DMM I bought at a Harbor Freight
sidewalk sale,and it turns out the *input Z is only ONE megohm*. YUK!

My first meter cost five times that, was analog, and only had 20K ohms
per volt.

For those young folk who aren't familiar with that, yes, the meter input
impedance changed depending on the range you set the meter to.

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