A lot of the new guys treat a DMM like it's a magic wand.

I watched a trainee spend twenty minutes trying to find a phantom voltage drop, but he had the leads in the wrong jacks for the test he was doing. It's a basic tool, but you still have to know how to actually use it. Anyone else see this kind of thing happen often?

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dereks111mo ago

Seen guys blow fuses by measuring amps on the voltage setting.

ericw931mo ago

How do you even do that?

max_cooper211mo ago

Actually seen it work fine if you know what you're doing.

harperr8216h ago

My neighbor's meter still works after that.