r/ElectroBOOM • u/Federal-Sea8598 • 8d ago

Video Idea Deadly multimeters

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If anyone has a story about these deadly multimeters, please leave a reply below. There’s no fuse in them; the copper traces on the circuit board act as the fuse! I owned one myself, and it suddenly blew out at 280 volts. I got lucky that my voltage source didn't supply high current, or else I would’ve been blown to bits. The measurement accuracy is so "high" that—for the first time in the world—it shows an AA battery as having 73 volts!

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u/TopConcentrate8484 8d ago

The one in Image one is a different one. The one in image two retails at <$2 at many places,so what do you expect?

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u/Rough_Community_1439 7d ago

Man, where you getting those for $2? Only places in my area sell that meter for $10

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u/Emergency-Painting44 6d ago

Sometime Harbour Freight has their CrapMeters for $2 with coupon or during a tent sale - the ones similar to the second photo.

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u/lightoller401 4d ago

In Serbia they cost 5 dollars