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So I picked up a new set of leads at Radio Shack. These are longer and have add-on alligator clips. Not perfect, but seems to be working better.
Still should have gotten that Fluke, but I didn't want to spend that much when I already have a fantastic meter floating around in the house somewhere.
I guess I'll pop into RS and buy a replacement set. I've already sent an email to Amazon customer service. They offered to let me send it back on their dime, but since it's already here I thought I'd try to see if I can get it to work first.
Guess I should have just sprung for that Fluke 115...
I just bought a Mastech MS8268 from Amazon. It's pretty inexpensive and has a lot of functions, but the included leads are pretty cheap and flimsy. The first thing I did was turn on the continuity test and touched the leads together, and nothing happened. I started to mash them together harder...
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