85 5k battery drain

[Larry C Leung]

One LUCKY meter. Most of the time the meter buys it, if it's not fused.
(Coming from a teacher who must replace 20 fuses every year during the
yearly circuit lab). 

LL - NY

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:14:07 +0200 Eyvind Spangen
<eyvind.spangen at c2i.net> writes:
>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!
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>ES
>
>