Originally Posted by
David Wood
Set the meter to amps when it should have been volts and it blew up.
David,
The two most common causes of meter failure are:
- using the wrong scale (such as amps or ohms instead of volts)
- switching scales while energized
He was off work for about 6 months.
He was one of the lucky ones - he got to go back to work ... he got better.