[Amps] Alpha76A Multimeter - Postscript - long post

[Bill Turner]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:13:46 -0700 (PDT), Don Nesbitt wrote:

>Thanks again to all who had suggestions regarding my
>"sticky and sluggish" multimeter.  The bottom line is
>that the meter movement itself was bad. 

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Before you toss the old meter, try blowing the movement out with
compressed air.  I have found a few meters which had somehow attracted
iron filings into the moving parts and were "sticky".  Hold the
movement still while doing this to avoid damage.  Worked for me.

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Bill W6WRT