Re: Defective Multimeter?

"Happy" owner of a Mastech M-830B here... The meter is ~6 yrs old, bought from a department store. Didn't get a manual in Finnish, clearly a violation of regulations. Current measurement stopped working 4 yrs ago, fuse's good. Turn limiter broke 3 yrs ago, selector now spins freely. Set it between some positions and you have yourself a timer. 20VDC position misplaces the comma.

EU's product safety database says the following of Mastech M-830B:
Risk of electric shock/fire. Unsafe creepage distances; unsafe internal insulation;...

Re: 2 Viewsonic VX1940W buzzing and no signal

Just remembered that the you can't get all components offered in the States here in Finland. So use digikey.fi instead of .com just to be on the safe side.

Re: 2 Viewsonic VX1940W buzzing and no signal



As you're a fellow Finn, I'd recommend the Digi-Key group order service run by VV-soft
[URL="http://www.vvsoft.fi/dk/"]http://www.vvsoft.fi/dk/[/URL]
Since the company is located at Tampere, you won't have to pay any shipping costs (if you fetch the stuff from their office). Next deadline for group order is 24.1. I've had 4 orders delivered by mail and it works like a charm.

Also, for some electronics discussion in Finnish, you might want to check out Muropaketti's electronics forum...