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   Cursitor Doom to Liz Tuddenham   
   Re: Mystery Problem   
   04 Sep 25 13:44:18   
   
   From: cd6699@notformail.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:43:38 +0100, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
      
   >Cursitor Doom  wrote:   
   >   
   >[...]   
   >>... I get noticeable sparks   
   >> on the probe tips just on contact alone with no pressure. It's just   
   >> weird; I've never seen sparks when probing something for its voltage   
   >> level (and yes - the meter *was* set to AC volts).   
   >   
   >Were the plugs in the 10 Amp sockets on the meter, by any chance?   
      
   That was my initial thought, too. But no, everything was where it   
   should have been. Clearly the bloody thing's possessed.   
      
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