85 5k battery drain

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:57:19 -0600, you wrote:

>essentially opening the circuit. Most multimeters have a limited (~10 amps) 
>current-measuring capability so don't do anything that pulls a lot of current 
>(like start the car) while playing around here.

Guess who tried the "10A limited" between the poles on the battery
(while out of car) one time.. :-) Half a second, and the cables
melted. The multimeter itself survived!

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Regards,
ES