On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:48:21 -0000, "N_Cook"
wrote:

Are you sure it is not erroneous electronics doing the sensing and actually
putting out some wavering DC instead of zero, rather than static
electricity. Monitoring terminals of meter with a DVM say

Getting to the meter terminals is a bit awkward but not impossible.
See photos at:
http://jan.kepic.cz/accessories/MFJ-259b/index.htm
http://fs.textcube.com/blog/0/281/attach/Xc2ili2zpJ.jpg

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