[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> This morning we had a huge 2+ hour thunder and lightning show with
> downpours. After the storm my wife went out to go to work and the
> e-meter was showing 510amps and 1700amp/hrs.

Ignoring the storm, this can happen if a shunt wire gets disconnected.

> Is this the storm screwed up the meter?

Was the car plugged in at the time (on charge)? If so, it's possible
that a powerline surge could damage the E-meter.

> On a side note she would have driven her Prius since the Blazer had
> a problem but the Prius wouldn't start. It just lit up with all the
> warnings to bring to service immediately. We just drove it on sunday
> so it worked before the storm.

That's a wierd one. I'm sure it wasn't plugged in!
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