Strange VOM Issue

RustyRatRod said

All I was wanting was a backup in case the battery died in my Fluke.....which it did right after I checked the well voltage.....which led me to believe I might have damaged it, but I didn't, the battery just crapped out at the same time, it's working fine again with a new battery now. I just got this one tonight, on evilbay. I know it's not a high end one, but it will be fine for a backup, plus it gives me an analog one to do "different things" with. Notice it does have a 15V DC scale.
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I've got one of those, except it is blue and I think from Heathkit. I put it together from a kit as the first lab project to learn soldering when I went through tech school for Industrial Electronics in 1985. Soldered every component in it to the PCB. I brought it into work a couple years ago during calibration time and they said that it checked out fine and all it needed was a fresh battery for resistance. Those old analog meters are not perfect for everything, but do most very well.