I just bought multimeter it ran good until it says -000 on every mode

[Plackins24]

I bougt multimeter and i wanted to test it at home i meausred volts in the outlet and it said 225V.Then when i didnt need it anymore i put it away in the box.And now it says -000 on every mode expect ohms it stays on 0.05

 

[James]

Have you tried new batteries?

 

[brianmoooore]

Have you tried to measure current with it?
Is the red lead plugged into the correct socket?

 

[Plackins24]

Have you tried new batteries?

Yes i tried new batteries but its the same

 

[Plackins24]

Have you tried to measure current with it?
Is the red lead plugged into the correct socket?

No i didnt try to measure current and everything is plugged in correctly the red lead in v ohms and the black in com

 

[Plackins24]

Here is photo of my multimeter

 

[brianmoooore]

Are the leads connected to anything in that pic.? Zero is what it should read, of course, if turned on and not connected.

 

[Plackins24]

Are the leads connected to anything in that pic.? Zero is what it should read, of course, if turned on and not connec

 

[Plackins24]

Are the leads connected to anything in that pic.? Zero is what it should read, of course, if turned on and not connected.

Yes the leads arent connected in anything but when i put them in a socket i dont get a result it stays on 000 and when i go to ohms and its shows 0.5 and when i touch the leads together it goes to zero and after a sec to 0.5 again

 

[brianmoooore]

Wonder if one of the leads is faulty? Remove the test leads and use a bit of wire to connect the right hand two sockets together on an ohms range.

 

[Plackins24]

Wonder if one of the leads is faulty? Remove the test leads and use a bit of wire to connect the right hand two sockets together on an ohms range.

i did as you said and it stays on -000.Then i tested which lead is faulty and its the red one.I tested it by plugging the black lead in com and the wire in v/ohms and it stayed in zero.But then i tried it with the red lead and it goes to 0.5.

 

[Plackins24]

Wonder if one of the leads is faulty? Remove the test leads and use a bit of wire to connect the right hand two sockets together on an ohms range.

I forgot to mentoin that i tried the leads on another multimeter and it shows 230V but on mine it dosent

 

[brianmoooore]

Some test leads have a fuse built into the probe end, although not usually at the cheaper end of the market.

 

[Plackins24]

Some test leads have a fuse built into the probe end, although not usually at the cheaper end of the market.

Can i fix it somehow?I think something is wrong inside the multimeter beacuse the leads show value on another multimeter.Also i tried to measure the ohms of resistor which i know the resistance of 650ohms i calculated using the colors.And it shows 0.5 ohms again.

 

[brianmoooore]

Won't be a lead with a fuse, because these can't be used for current measurement, and you don't have a second lead just for this.
It seems like a poor connection where the lead plugs into the meter, but there's no certainty whether it's the lead or meter at fault, even if they work with another meter (which may stress the connection slightly differently. The next test would be to use known good leads with your meter, and see if there's ever any hint of the fault appearing again.

 

[Plackins24]

Won't be a lead with a fuse, because these can't be used for current measurement, and you don't have a second lead just for this.
It seems like a poor connection where the lead plugs into the meter, but there's no certainty whether it's the lead or meter at fault, even if they work with another meter (which may stress the connection slightly differently. The next test would be to use known good leads with your meter, and see if there's ever any hint of the fault appearing again.

I just got a lead from my friends multimeter which on his work fine,and the issue is still there.

 

[brianmoooore]

In that case, you'll have to open up the meter, and carefully check around the terminal and the connection to it.

 

[Petej999]

I bougt multimeter and i wanted to test it at home i meausred volts in the outlet and it said 225V.Then when i didnt need it anymore i put it away in the box.And now it says -000 on every mode expect ohms it stays on 0.05

Flat batteries??

Have you tried new batteries?

OP TAake back and get a replacement metre.