is this a fluke? (117 ghost? current)

[Anthocyanina]

I recently got a fluke 117 and I haven't used it much, and when i have, it has only been for circuits using 5v and for continuity, and the day it arrived, i also shorted some AA batteries with it to see the current go up, everything seemed fine afterwards and it was left turned off for a while. today i needed to measure some currents in the order of a few milliamps, and grab it for that, but when turning it on, i encountered this strange thing, it shows 4 mA DC with nothing plugged into any terminal, and when switching to AC current, while it displays 0.000, the first segment of the bargraph flickers on and off.

I opened it and took out the fuse, and it still behaved the same way. Then i changed the battery, and it showed 0.000 A on DC but the bargraph still flicked on AC, and after a few minutes, the 4mA started to show up again when on A DC.

Any idea what might be going on?
Thank you!

[evava]

I think you should plug in the test leads, then look at display in DC mA range ?

(split input terminals)

[Anthocyanina]

I think you should plug in the test leads, then look at display in DC mA range ?

(split input terminals)

Thanks, I've already tried shorting the terminals with the leads. This meter doesn't have a mA range unfortunately

[skander36]

Maybe need calibration? (ofsetting)
My fluke 87V also show 2 mA on iddle and I have others that fluctuates on iddle (plus or minus 1-2 mA).

[Anthocyanina]

Maybe need calibration? (ofsetting)
My fluke 87V also show 2 mA on iddle and I have others that fluctuates on iddle (plus or minus 1-2 mA).

Thank you, i tested various currents (through a 100 ohm resistor), and it does seem to be a constant offset! I do wonder what caused this offset to appear while it was just sitting there unused for a few days, hmm!

[Caliaxy]

This meter is not intended to measure mA. Keep in mind that you are on the 6A range, trying to measure 10-60 mA (<1% of the full scale). Not to mention the 1% + 3 digits accuracy... It's normal, your Fluke 117 works as it should. Use your Aneng to measure mA.

[BeBuLamar]

I think you blew the fuse when you shorted the battery. You need to check and see if the fuse is still good.

[Martin72]

This meter is not intended to measure mA. Keep in mind that you are on the 6A range, trying to measure 10-60 mA (<1% of the full scale). Not to mention the 1% + 3 digits accuracy... It's normal, your Fluke 117 works as it should. Use your Aneng to measure mA.

Exactly this, we got several of them here, but we don´t use them for mA measures.