"clifto" wrote in message
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James Sweet wrote:
This thing has performed flawlessly for many years, but when I turned it
on
today something was not right. The ohms range flickers random readings,
with
no probes plugged in I get around 230K on the display, or 2.22M,
depending
on the range, which would imply that the problem is ahead of the scaling
circuit. When I switch to the low ohms range, the reading starts around
240
ohms and then drops to -0.00 over a period of 10 seconds or so, frequency
reading works, but AC volts reads 70mV when plugged into a 120V outlet.
Something strange is going on! I realized that I don't currently have a
backup meter, I suppose I could use this as an excuse to buy a true RMS
Fluke, I don't think I can bring myself to buy a cheapie, except perhaps
as
a backup. Anyone run into this?

Is the fuse intact?


I assume so, I didn't do anything that would blow it, but other times the
fuse has blown it has not exhibited any unusual behavior. I know what I'm
doing, I tried all the simple stuff, something has failed.