Inexpensive volt/ohm meter you like?

[deckeda]

Bernie wrote:
I would try an AA 1.5 volt over the 400 amp car battery.

Even an A/C wall socket will shake you loose but a D/C Car battery is not something I would do with a FAULTY meter.

:oldfogey:

Good point. And besides, if this thing can't read down to a few volts it's no good to me anyway.

deckeda wrote:

But that may just be the battery's BMS shutting down the battery if it thinks the voltmeter is a foreign entity. .

That was the issue. This meter can't test batteries with a BMS controlling them. I grabbed a fresh AA Duracell and it reads 1.58v just fine.

"IT'S FIXED"

Thanks all. I guess the fancy probe types will have to wait another day.