XPost: at.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   > On Sun, 12 May 2019 08:10:43 +0100, alan_m    
   > wrote:   
   >> On 11/05/2019 23:12, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 11 May 2019 22:38:42 +0100, alan_m    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> The only way you will know that your multimeter is accurate is by   
   >>>> having it calibrated against a known standard, ideally specified   
   >>>> to 10x better than your meter.   
   >>>   
   >>> Or by using it to measure a known current on a bulb I know draws a   
   >>> certain current.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>>> So your comparison standard is something British Gas used to give   
   >>>> away for free, possible so inaccurate that it hasn't got a   
   >>>> published specification for its current measuring capability.   
   >>>   
   >>> "and by knowing what devices were running"   
   >>   
   >> Plonk   
   >   
   > Awww was my reply too difficult for you?   
      
   Fuck off Hucker.   
      
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