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“Blown” Fuses in Several New Multimeters

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Fungus:

--- Quote from: IanB on September 06, 2024, 08:44:18 pm ---For as long as retailers have a policy of accepting returns, you run the risk of getting returned goods "as new".

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And you have the option of instantly returning it as "damaged".

Me? If I'm paying top $$$ for a multimeter I want to know its history.

floobydust:

--- Quote from: tooki on September 06, 2024, 08:29:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: floobydust on September 06, 2024, 08:17:37 pm ---Having a bad day? Seeing your posts today giving people shit. Try not to blow a fuse.

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Nope, I’m actually in a great mood. It just baffles me why people provide responses that ignore clearly- and repeatedly-stated information.  :-//


--- Quote from: floobydust on September 06, 2024, 08:17:37 pm ---Yes I read the 117 fuse getting blown due to user (jack) error. Thread is about several new multimeters though.
In OP, the 179, 827/DM-830, MM6000, AM-570 also had bad fuses and why?
Post #30 "...I don't know why all the other bad fuses. And no, they were never used to check current, nor voltages with the leads in the current jacks..."

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OK, and how would an input jack alert have helped here?  :-//

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Previous post #33 was about the jack alert so I mentioned the LED-ring addition. Nothing can save a fuse. They are made to die.
Threads usually are full of misunderstanding, side-channel issues etc. so I will not stay laser-focused especially when we don't know what went wrong and have to guess or speculate.
Why do the other four or five new multimeters have blown fuses? That is not clear but likely user error I guess, before or after the resell.

thm_w:
Unless you are buying from Amazon Warehouse Deals (returned or damaged items), the chance of you getting this many returned "new" meters is low. Its possible but quite low. It also assumes you don't check the box tape when opening it, and notice that its already been opened.


--- Quote from: IanB on September 06, 2024, 08:44:18 pm ---I have certainly bought a brand new meter that came with a blown fuse out of the box. A previous purchaser had bought it, blown the fuse, and then returned it.

For as long as retailers have a policy of accepting returns, you run the risk of getting returned goods "as new".

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Definitely, but, did you notice the packaging was opened already? Or was there no tape sealing the box.

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