Sears used to have the manual for that DMM, but they no longer have it. I even tried the WayBack Machine, but no luck, unfortunetly.
I will hold off on the mods, minus the ground lifting. I was thinking of purchasing something like what is included in the attachments here, one of those ground lugs, if I could find the correct size. I would use epoxy or something to attach it to the case, and isolate those output grounds. Then, if I ever wanted the output grounds hooked up, I could just run a jumper wire from the new ground lug things to the old posts.
I cannot figure out another safer way to lift those ground wires. I could wrap them in electrical tape, but I would worry the tape might eventually fall off...
I have a special light socket that has a hot and a neutral wire. I can use that to test the 60 watt and 100 watt bulbs, assuming I can find 60 watt and 100 watt bulbs. How do I test the voltage with the hair dryer hooked up though? Where could I put my probes without damaging the hair dryer? I don't think I can put them inside the transformer. My wife would kill me if I tore apart her hair dryer...
**EDIT:
The lifting of the grounds was easier than I originally thought. I removed the nut for each one of them, but where they hooked up to the output receptacles, they were just slid on, they weren't soldered like the hots and neutrals. Last night, I had just taken a quick glance and seen the hots and neutrals were soldered and must have assumed the grounds were as well. So now I removed all the grounds going to the output recepatcles. I left the ground hooked up that goes to the input power receptacle, and I left the primary side ground hooked up. Now, no grounds go to the output receptacles and they are floating!
Thanks!