Meter Static Charge

[Neil Morrison]

Wash the face of the meter with warm water and dish detergent. If
necessary, remove the face and soak it in the same for a couple of
minutes, dry and replace. The dish detergent is the key.

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Seitz" <cseitz at ENTER.NET>


> I have a V6 VTVM.  The pointer is at
> mid scale.  I thought the movement was
> damaged until I touched it and was able
> to deflect the pointer by moving my
> finger across the plastic meter face.
> I found that I actually don't need to touch
> it; just waving close to it moves the pointer.
>
> Appears to be associated with static electricity.
> Does anyone out there know how to solve
> this problem?

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