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Author Message   Jd1 Tinkerer Username: Jd1 Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2012 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Sunday, June 03, 2012 - 08:56 pm:    Aha, it was the battery holder contacts that were shorting out! I should have known, but I didn't have my meter with me to test the battery when it died. After putting a shim between the contacts, it seems to meter quite decently. Thanks again for the help.