John Rumm wrote:
On 04/09/2010 05:17, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In articleC9udna_20fKfpBzRnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk, John
writes

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

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

Yup, I still have most of the probe left to prove it ;-)

(amazingly the meter survived (an ICE Multitest 80), although that
ohms range was always a bit suspect after)

I like the fuse in my 17th edition tester.

--
Adam