Re: Calling all Wavetek Owners...

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

I put too much voltage in mine.  It destroyed the big IC.  It's trash now....

Cheers,

         Terry

At 11:11 PM 9/16/2004, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>I know that there are a few on the list using the excellent Wavetek 27XT 
>multimeter.
>
>Has anyone over-volted one yet?  I just have.  I was making a measurement 
>through a divide-by-ten voltage divider - looked like the capacitor had 
>discharged down to about 450V.  I then touched the probe to the divide by 
>nothing, was rewarded with a sparky noise and a blank display.
>
>No blown fuses - anyone done this before and found out what's blown?  It 
>could be a pain to troubleshoot without a schematic...
>
>Cheers
>
>M
>
>--
>Matthew Smith
>Kadina Business Consultancy
>South Australia