[sdiy] Non-DIY, but looking for repair advice...

[John Ames]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:38:18 -0400 (EDT)
MrHarry <hbissell at wowway.com> wrote:

> No. The meter is supplying the current that is reading the
> resistance, but anything that is still connected is still in the
> circuit.  If the meter voltage is high enough it may even read some
> semiconductor junctions connected (that's why "diode" scales exist on
> multimeters) and the resistance you read can be different when you
> reverse the probe polarity. Also, if there are capacitors (especially
> electrolytics) they will make the meter reading increase or decrease
> as the capacitor is charging.

(The more you know...!)