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Thread ID: 85033	2007-11-27 05:53:00	LCD Screen on Multi-Meter.	B.M. (505)	PC World Chat

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615585	2007-11-27 05:53:00	The LCD display on my multi meter has gone weird . Some of the cells are a light grey whilst some are perfectly normal . You can actually read whatever it is your measuring but it’s annoying . I’m reasonably confident it is the display itself and I’ve checked & changed the batteries without making any difference . I seem to remember reading somewhere that LCD displays sometimes pull this trick and can often be restored by placing the device in the fridge . :eek: Can anybody confirm or deny this unusual remedy? :D	B.M. (505)
615586	2007-11-27 06:02:00	I heard this too, I had a cellphone that would go 'funny' when it got too hot, so this seems to confirm that cooling it down would change it's 'state'.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
615587	2007-11-29 02:24:00	If individual segments have reduced contrast there's probably nothing you can do. You could try the fridge treatment, but I have strong doubts. There's a fault either in the LCD display or in the driver chip. One of my cheap meters turns on all segments when it gets too hot (out in the sun on hot degree days) but just putting it in the shade for a while corrects that condition. The Fluke meters seem to stand it better, but I try to remember to keep them all in the shade. One of my Flukes has some "weak" segments; temperature makes no differnce to that.	Graham L (2)
615588	2007-11-29 04:27:00	This is a common fault on older Fluke 87's and is easily fixed on that model. Connections to the LCD are made via conductive rubber of some sort so I take out the LCD and clean both sets of contacts with contact cleaner and a cottonwool bud. If it is not a bottom of the line cheapie with everything wired in, yours may be similar and a good way to check is to twist the meter gently in the longitudinal direction and see if the display changes, or maybe press gently on the top. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
615589	2007-11-29 18:55:00	Thanks Guy’s . Well just for the records the “Fridge Chill” (Not freeze) made not a blind bit of difference . However, the screen has gradually improved on its own accord whilst I’ve used the beast and is now perfectly normal . This has got me thinking and I wonder if the problem could have been that it hadn’t been turned on for about six months . I’m not up with the play on the finer points of LCD displays but it makes me wonder if they dislike not having any voltage applied to them for long periods of time? :confused: Temperature shouldn’t have been a factor as the meter had been sitting in a draw of my office desk .	B.M. (505)
615590	2007-11-29 22:49:00	Sometimes, B . M . , in words oft attributed to Sigmund Freud, a banana is just a banana (or was it a cigar?) . It may well be that your LCD has simply shuffled off to that great recycing bin in the sky . If it was a cheap meter, this is even more likely . You might have to let the moths out . Cheers Billy 8-{) :dogeye:	Billy T (70)
615591	2007-11-30 09:15:00	Billy, it hurts me to have to inform you that my Multi-Meter is neither a Banana nor a Cigar! Worse, Sigmund had no knowledge of it, Although, if he had lived another 60 or so years I guess I could have consulted him, But, I don’t think he would have been of any help. Regardless, it (the multi meter) has taken it upon itself to return to normal without any help other than some Anglo Saxon threats. It is encouraging that these days electronic equipment has been programmed to understand Anglo Saxon. Anyway, I thank you all for your help in my moment of need and may somebody be with you. :thumbs:	B.M. (505)
615592	2007-11-30 19:14:00	Billy, it hurts me to have to inform you that my Multi-Meter is neither a Banana nor a Cigar! . . . but it MIGHT be the train tunnel! Worse, Sigmund had no knowledge of it, Although, if he had lived another 60 or so years I guess I could have consulted him, But, I don’t think he would have been of any help . Would it be a house call or could you take the meter to his couch at his office? Regardless, it (the multi meter) has taken it upon itself to return to normal without any help other than some Anglo Saxon threats . Are you qualified to justify your statement that the meter has returned to "normal"? What IS normal for it, anyway? It's always about SEX isn't it? Sex Sex Sex! It is encouraging that these days electronic equipment has been programmed to understand Anglo Saxon . I think "multi-" in the name also applies to linguistic capacities too . Anyway, I thank you all for your help in my moment of need and may somebody be with you . :thumbs: Glad to be of assistance . . just stop posting questions about multi-meters with sexual hangups . . . OK?	SurferJoe46 (51)
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