On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 07:33:25PM -0500, Shop at Just Brits wrote:
> << Weird. And it's a Fluke meter? That should not be a POS.>>
>
> Gotta agree, Wayne !!
>
> Jimmie, something is definitely wrong <G> someplace <VBG> !!
>
> Like Wayne, batteries would be my 1st 'suspect'. Is the
> meter new and you used batts that came with ?? Or just
> haven't used for a year or longer ??
Sorry. Didn't mean to imply this was a Fluke-branded meter. It's actually
a GE-branded meter I've had for about a year but had only used once before.
Couldn't have cost more than $10. The Fluke stuff came up during a Google
search as I was trying to figure out how to interpret this meter's readings.
I've tried a couple pairs of new batteries with similar results.
I see a Fluke meter on Amazon for under $25 and it looks like Lowe's
has a detector made by Greenlee for $16. At those prices, I think I'll just
grab one of these and put the current detector aside. If the new one
yields similar results, I think I'll call in the Ghostbusters.
Jimmie
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