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Old 02-25-2008, 09:20 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by JBG View Post
Carlton, you use an analog one? I just bought this POS on Saturday from Radio Shack so I'll just go return it, no big deal. When I put the leads together they jump between .1 and .3 for about 10 seconds, then zero out. Should it just always be at zero, no questions asked?
I have a $10 Radio Shack analog meter (cigrarette pack size) that does 99% of my troubleshooting. It cannot measure 1 ohm, so I use the $50 analog meter for that. The $50. meter gets used once every two years.........if that.

I don't comment on the function of digital meters. Too many folks have gotten way too confused by their displays and their questionable accuracy and repeatability. This might be due to the fact that they are low cost meters.........
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