"Mr. Land" wrote in
:

On Jan 21, 2:12*pm, "James Sweet" wrote:
Set the meter to AC 750v range. Closed the breaker. Tested black to
neutral: no reading. Tested red to neutral: In a split second
"FFFZZZZ!"

and the wire inside the insulated test lead fried and shot out of
the te
st
probe.

Did you have the probe plugged into the Amps jack? I'm not sure how
else t
he
wire would have burned up like that, you may well need a new meter
now though.

I think he needed a new meter before he started!

OP, is that the only meter you have? (Er, had?) Starting to sound
like the meter was defective!



It's been sounding like the operator is defective....

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