My first post - I hope it is okay to ask such a complex question for the first one.
I recently bought a Mitutoyo electronic digital micrometer off of eBay () and it does not work. It came with a bad battery to begin with. We happened to have a suitable substitute that will power it up, but then it will not work correctly.
When it is powered up, it shows all zeroes on the display with the "in" indicator on and a flashing "P", looks like. This will not change no matter what you do short of taking the battery out. I found somewhere on the Internet where it should auto-shutoff after about 20 minutes. I let it sit for an hour with the display still doing the same thing.
The seller reniged and would not take it back. It was a good price for the instrument which is in very good condition otherwise and the manual measurement works very smoothly.
When trying to find answers on the Internet, I ran across this post which gave me some hope of finding a solution on this forum.
So, am I missing something about the operation of this instrument, or can someone give me advice on how maybe to fix it??? I'm stuck with it so if I can fix it, it would be great.
Mitutoyo 293-765-30 SN 52312xx
It has two buttons on the front: "Origin" and "in/mm". Pressing these in any sequence or combination does nothing. There is no documentation with it.
Purpose is to use it for reloading accurate ammunition. I am not a machinist, but do have an engineering background in electronics and software.
Thanks a lot!
I recently bought a Mitutoyo electronic digital micrometer off of eBay () and it does not work. It came with a bad battery to begin with. We happened to have a suitable substitute that will power it up, but then it will not work correctly.
When it is powered up, it shows all zeroes on the display with the "in" indicator on and a flashing "P", looks like. This will not change no matter what you do short of taking the battery out. I found somewhere on the Internet where it should auto-shutoff after about 20 minutes. I let it sit for an hour with the display still doing the same thing.
The seller reniged and would not take it back. It was a good price for the instrument which is in very good condition otherwise and the manual measurement works very smoothly.
When trying to find answers on the Internet, I ran across this post which gave me some hope of finding a solution on this forum.
So, am I missing something about the operation of this instrument, or can someone give me advice on how maybe to fix it??? I'm stuck with it so if I can fix it, it would be great.
Mitutoyo 293-765-30 SN 52312xx
It has two buttons on the front: "Origin" and "in/mm". Pressing these in any sequence or combination does nothing. There is no documentation with it.
Purpose is to use it for reloading accurate ammunition. I am not a machinist, but do have an engineering background in electronics and software.
Thanks a lot!