Killed new multimeter? Moderators: adafruit_support_bill, adafruit

[inforoo]

I just bought this multimeter: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2034

It stopped working. I replaced fuse the and battery but no dice. It's always showing out of range.

Any ideas? Is it possible to exchange it?

[sj_remington]

What were you doing with the multimeter when it "stopped working"?

[inforoo]

Testing circuit continuity on a protoboard I had soldered.

[Franklin97355]

What are you connecting the leads in and what setting of the dials?

[inforoo]

This setting (will post pics of the board on a moment):

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[inforoo]

Pics of the board below. Notably it was not powered nor was the bolt IOT board connected when the meter began to fail.

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[Franklin97355]

Do you know what caused the burn?

[inforoo]

Do you know what caused the burn?

Yes, my poor soldering skills. That was a couple days before I went to check all those solders with the multimeter though.

[freddyboomboom]

The continuity setting is actually for a rough check of the "breakover voltage" for diodes.

It's better to use the "ohms" setting if you are checking that your soldering/wiring is correct.

Lots of people like getting the "beep", but it can give you a false sense of security if you're really concerned with a low resistance connection.