Aneng AN8203 - Kaput?

[BillyO]

Yesterday  I was measuring a 12V supply to see if it was actually 12 V with my AN8203 when the display went blank.  Now when I turn it on it first shows all the graphics on teh display, beeps 5 times, then clear the display except for the "AUTO" element and then does nothing further.

Changing the batteries was not any help.

Anyone else have this experience?  Is it landfill?

[Fungus]

Is it landfill?

Yes.

[BillyO]

It lives!

Seeing as how I had come to grips with throwing this out I decided to pull a DJ and "take it apart!"

It turned out to be a broken solder joint on the negative batter spring.  A little clean-up, a little flux and a dap of solder and it's back to it's barely useful self.

Actually it sees more use than some of my other meters specifically because it will fit in my pocket.

[tautech]

It lives!

Actually it sees more use than some of my other meters specifically because it will fit in my pocket.

You need get bigger pockets to accommodate a real DMM.