On 9/04/2014 12:24 PM, Pilgrim wrote:
In article ,
Trevor Wilson wrote:

On 9/04/2014 8:41 AM, Jon Elson wrote:


It is also possible that there was enough capacitance between primary
and secondary to give the 40 V reading without an actual short.

**BINGO! That is the only explanation which makes sense.

Everybody today thinks that a digital multimeter is the be all to end
all.

Give me a good old Simpson 260 any day.

CP.


**I have a Simpson 260.

I never use it. It is purely decorative. Same as my AVO 8 and AVO 7 meters.

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Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au