I just bought a Mastech MS8268 from Amazon. It's pretty inexpensive and has a lot of functions, but the included leads are pretty cheap and flimsy. The first thing I did was turn on the continuity test and touched the leads together, and nothing happened. I started to mash them together harder and I got a tone, but it was intermittent.
Basically, the leads only make a connection about 50% of the time. It's better along the shaft part of the leads. The tips are horrible (such as touching them to resistor leads on a circuit board).
I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to make these leads more conductive - maybe sanding them a bit to roughen them up? They are very smooth.
I don't see how this could be an acceptable level of conductivity out of the box.
Basically, the leads only make a connection about 50% of the time. It's better along the shaft part of the leads. The tips are horrible (such as touching them to resistor leads on a circuit board).
I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to make these leads more conductive - maybe sanding them a bit to roughen them up? They are very smooth.
I don't see how this could be an acceptable level of conductivity out of the box.