Hey guys! Im not exactly an electrical engineer, but every now and again I find I need a multimeter.
When I get a tool that I know I'll use more then once, I like to get something good, rather then be frustrated with rubbish. - And I enjoy watching Dave's Content so, I thought I'd get one of the EEVblog branded ones. I didn't need all the fancy stuff the 121GW has, so I got the BM235.
I love the thing! Except... I seem to have a battery drain issue with it?
Ive have a cheap multimeter I was given like 5 years ago (its... pretty bad), Ive used it a lot more then this thing, but its still on it's first set of batteries.
I bought the BM235 a year ago, put in brand new Duracells used it once then put it away for a month, when I tried to use it again I noticed it wasn't turning on. Batteries died. - I thought that maybe I left it on or something. Whatever new batteries (same pack) used for maybe 1 or 2 hours, turned off put away. Again ~ a month later died. - Okay I know I had turned it off this time. Back pack of batteries?
Bought new batteries, again used 1 or 2 hours, put away for 2 months, try to turn it on again dead.
Thats when I made an account here and was gonna ask about this draining. - But life happened and I forgot about it. Today I needed it again and - you guessed it dead.
I can't think this is normal?
What could be wrong with this thing? And what should I do? - Again I'm not exactly an electrical engineer.