I read through your posts. First, I am not understanding why you would have posted in this thread of all places vs starting a new one. There is even a repair section that had you used, may have brought more attention/help.
Maybe I should? I don't have much time to go over repair on this right now, but plan to post when I do have time, and wanted to make mention where it may be noticed. If this thing fails so easily it may be worth testing, especially if it ends up the failure was ESD induced. Maybe someone is willing to do some tests if they have one that hasn't yet died - that's why I posted here for now. Still maybe not relevant enough, I don't know.
Is there some reason you keep buying the same meter with the same problem?
Because I was not aware of the problem when I ordered my replacement.
I purchased my replacement because my unit was dead and I could not find anyone with similar problems. The order was done before I learned that the Meterman-branded unit I gave my friend failed - because, well, he doesn't share all his life details with me. I made mention I ordered a replacement and then he told me his failed. I went and checked my other meter at the house and sure enough, it had failed.
There is a word for that.
Right.
Then again, I have bought more than one of the same meter just to damage them so, welcome to the the club.
I bought these to use them. Before they failed, I quite liked them.
Have you tried to contact Brymen directly about what you are seeing? If so, what was their response? What about contacting AMPROBE or the distributor you procured them from?
Until this latest one, all were out of warranty - Meterman has long since been bought out and Amprobe only has short warranties. I've reached out to Amprobe with no response so I will try again. Ultimately they won't be interested in telling me what the fault is anyway, thus posting here. But not in a good enough way / its own thread I guess. And if they repair it, I don't know that it won't fail again.