Re: [Repeater-Builder] I let the smoke out!

: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] I let the smoke out! Hi All, I let the smoke out of a Micronta (Radio Shack) Range Doubler multimeter model 260X2. It's a bad thing when you are set to measure resistance and put 120VAC across the meter. It split one resistor in half

[Repeater-Builder] I let the smoke out!

Hi All, I let the smoke out of a Micronta (Radio Shack) Range Doubler multimeter model 260X2. It's a bad thing when you are set to measure resistance and put 120VAC across the meter. It split one resistor in half in the R X 1 position. Its value was labeled not color-coded. I can no longer