He said the wires to the probes melted. The *only* way this can happen is
a
short within the meter itself. Otherwise there's just no way to get
enough
current to flow, most DMMs have an impedance of 20 megohms.



Unless it was on a high amps range, which would have been shunted.



Well he also said the probes were plugged into the volts jacks, so either
the meter is shorted, or he misread the labels.