Salvage my multimeter?

[ignesandros]

I was playing with the wonders of transformers in series and somehow fragged my multimeter (sure, the voltage was like 1000V, but at like .0000001A ) and anyways, now I get a steady 4.5V AC for my main wall (normally about 121V if my memory serves me) current and .05V DC for fully charged NiMH AA's (normally around 1.65V). Is it possible my multimeter's voltage sensor has been reprogrammed by the high voltage to a factor of about 26? Can this be remedied without trashing my precious multimeter?

GB Instruments GDT-11 multimeter. $20 at Wal-mart.

-Andrew

[RP]

First off, verify that the meter battery is okay.  While you're in there see if there's a fuse in the battery compartment.  If nothing helps there; open it up and trace the leads back to the PC board and look for a burned resistor in series with the leads or connected to the switches that set the range and function.

Hope this helps