In article ,
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In article , John
Rumm writes

Not all multimeters take kindly to being placed across a live
circuit on their ohms range.

) I think we've all tried to measure the resistance of the mains in
an unguarded moment!

I had the magic smoke from a well used Maplin Gold DVM when measuring
mains voltage - and it was on the correct setting.

Investigation showed brass dust from the switch tracks has caused it to
flash over. Managed to fix it, though.

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*Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

Dave Plowman London SW
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