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I've two autek WM 1's. One is illuminated and the other isn't. My question is does anyone know why autek chose to have the power receptical reversed? The + is where the - normally is and the - where the + should be. When I looked at my first one I thought it was a meter someone had got their hands in and mistakenly soldered the input in reverse. But when I looked at the second one it had the same unusual power input configuration. I looked up what information I could find online and apparently this is the way these meters came from the factory. Although neither of mine have a sticker stating that the + is - and the - + on the back of the meter, I've seen some online photos showing that they probably came with this warning when purchased new. Is there a technical reason this was done? 73

[QUOTE="Sonar, post: 589058, member: 47153"] I've two autek WM 1's. One is illuminated and the other isn't. My question is does anyone know why autek chose to have the power receptical reversed? The + is where the - normally is and the - where the + should be. When I looked at my first one I thought it was a meter someone had got their hands in and mistakenly soldered the input in reverse. But when I looked at the second one it had the same unusual power input configuration. I looked up what information I could find online and apparently this is the way these meters came from the factory. Although neither of mine have a sticker stating that the + is - and the - + on the back of the meter, I've seen some online photos showing that they probably came with this warning when purchased new. Is there a technical reason this was done? 73 [/QUOTE]

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