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Multimeter Woes

Dark MoonDark Moon Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
So I've got an analog multimeter that I can't seem to get to work. My battery is fresh and I'm able to zero the resistance scale properly. However, in any of the voltage testing modes the needle settles well above the zero point and cannot seem to be adjusted down. Is this thing broken or am I a complete idiot? My pride wants to believe the former but I am entirely open to the latter being true.

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  • SloSlo Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Is there a 'Hold' setting on the meter?

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  • Dark MoonDark Moon Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Good question: No.

    My meter is exactly as seen here: Model M213 (Small PDF Warning).

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  • SloSlo Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    So the second you turn it to a voltage reading setting the voltage goes up to X, without it being hooked up to a voltage? Would it happen to be the same voltage of the battery that the multimeter uses?

    e: and how much deflection are we talking about? All meters have a small deflection based on the juice they have when operating (1.5v-ish)

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