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It's time to get one.

If you are working with electricity, you should 100% have a DMM and know how to use it. For your own and other's safety. Especially if you are working with 120V wall power. It's critical to know what you are doing. This is not an option. Plus, you need one to check the 5V and other voltages that the game board needs, to make sure they are accurate. Otherwise you can damage the hardware inside your games.

Get one, and youtube some tutorials for how to use it. The UNI-T UT58D or UT58E are decent affordable DMM's. They go for around 50-60 bucks on ebay or Amazon.
apparently not anymore. I looked and they range from $130-190 now.
 
Just tried to pull the hot wire out of the fuse. It looks like it is connected with a spade connector but I could not pull it off. Tried to wiggle loose with needle nose pliers. Seems like it is either soldered or fused. The jumper to the interlock switch pulled off easily. Also when I pulled out the fuse it looks like somebody wrapped the glass on the bulb with aluminum foil.
 
Just tried to pull the hot wire out of the fuse. It looks like it is connected with a spade connector but I could not pull it off. Tried to wiggle loose with needle nose pliers. Seems like it is either soldered or fused. The jumper to the interlock switch pulled off easily. Also when I pulled out the fuse it looks like somebody wrapped the glass on the bulb with aluminum foil.
Fix the fuse issue first, and be careful as you have the AC hot connected there…

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The foil on the glass means someone bypassed the protection of the fuse because that fuse is blown and they didn't have a spare.
Wow. Looks like I'll be buying some 2 amp 250v slow blow fuses from Amazon ASAP.
 
apparently not anymore. I looked and they range from $130-190 now.

Ebay has them. Here's a good seller, high number of sales, not bad feedback rating. Has the UT58E for $47 shipped:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335539558412

Or get the UT58D for $35 shipped:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284123342549


The D is fine. The main thing the E adds is temperature with a thermocouple (which is of marginal use, if you already have an IR temp gun.) I have them both and they are both decent for everything (small AC values, plus they work fine with my HV probes.)
 
Ebay has them. Here's a good seller, high number of sales, not bad feedback rating. Has the UT58E for $47 shipped:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335539558412

Or get the UT58D for $35 shipped:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284123342549


The D is fine. The main thing the E adds is temperature with a thermocouple (which is of marginal use, if you already have an IR temp gun.) I have them both and they are both decent for everything (small AC values, plus they work fine with my HV probes.)
looks like the E has an extra digit. I kind of want to save money, so is the D sufficient? lol also the listing looks like it comes with the test leads but if not I bought a set awhile back. the COM port on my Tenma meter broke out the middle and I can't plug new ones in lol
 
The D is fine. It was the first one I bought, and I keep it exclusively with my HV probe these days.

But I wanted a second DMM to keep at my shop, so I got the E, and it's great. But practically speaking not really more useful than the D. So if you want to save money, go with the D.
 
The D is fine. It was the first one I bought, and I keep it exclusively with my HV probe these days.

But I wanted a second DMM to keep at my shop, so I got the E, and it's great. But practically speaking not really more useful than the D. So if you want to save money, go with the D.
you're a good citizen. thank you
 
Well I put in a new fuse per the specifications in the manual and when I plugged it in the fuse was immediately blown. Don't want to keep blowing all the fuses I bought. Any ideas? I checked the wiring and hot, neutral and ground are wired correctly.
 

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Well I put in a new fuse per the specifications in the manual and when I plugged it in the fuse was immediately blown. Don't want to keep blowing all the fuses I bought. Any ideas? I checked the wiring and hot, neutral and ground are wired correctly.
That looks like a fast fuse, you'd want a slow blow.

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