I think there is something fundamentally wrong with this multimeter. Continuity works, but no voltage even with a new fuse.
Now I am going probably to spend hours searching for a digital multimeter and trying to get one in the next day or two. I called Fluke and they had no idea on country of origin for their multimeters.
I think with Fluke the 170 series and 80 series and higher are made in US. The 110 series and lower China.
If money is no object I love the Fluke 87.
If money is an object but you want something that is still really great, get a Brymen meter (Brymen is the OEM for most Greenlee stuff). In general I think the Brymens are every bit as good as Fluke
except Brymen doesn't have Fluke's touch hold function (the 110 series Flukes also don't have it which is one of the reasons why I don't care for them). Touch hold it a great feature. It works like this, turn it on, touch your probes to what ever you are measuring. When the reading is stable the meter beeps. Remove your probes, read the screen. It basically lets you get a measurement without looking at the screen while fiddling with the probes. No idea why Brymen doesn't have that feature since Metrix and Agilent have offered it (with a different name due to trademarks).
Anyway, for a basic meter I really like the UniT UT210E clamp meter (must be the E model). It's a small, handy clamp meter that allows you to measure DC amps by clamping the meter around a wire. They are $40-50 on line. They aren't perfect. If you want to use the meter on the bench they are awkwardly shaped (it's a clamp meter after all). They don't have the ability to measure temperature with a temp probe.
The EEVBlog liked the AN8008 meters (lots of Chines brands) for around $30. Not a high end meter and the input protection is not acceptable for measuring things like the wires coming into your shop but if you are just doing automotive stuff it should be fine.
Most of what I have was deals off ebay. If you wait you might find something like an old Fluke 8025 or 27 (basically the same meter) for under $50. Those are old military/heavy industry meters. The one I have in the garage has a sticker that said the warranty expired when Bush was in office... H, not W. They are truly designed to last! They aren't fancy, they are about the size of a brick (not kidding). They have touch hold.
