versicom wrote:
what I mean by smoking is simply it burns up and 12v item I plug into the outlet.
Please give an example of what burned up...?
I am a computer engineer and quite capable with a multimeter. It should not be producing an overload when connected. It is clear to me that the outlet is getting to much voltage. I plan to rewire the socket which will not be an easy job as I do not know where the wires run. The owners manual came with no wiring schematics.
I tried to explain it to you.
Think this through, don't you find it strange that you only see this "spike" when you first connect the meter..? Ever wonder why there are no continuous spikes/high voltage readings...? Like I said above, its the auto ranging feature on your meter, momentarily showing overload while finding the correct range.
