> to a few hundred mA as I recall. Then he noticed that the 5V power
> supply we were going to use was rated for several amps, and he said
> we had to stop and get a different power supply, as this one was
> going to destroy the circuit by forcing too much current through it.
>
> I kid you not.

Sounds like the new graduate who decided that he needed to measure the 
impedance of the mains supply, so put his nice new Avo 8 on ohms and plugged 
the probes into a wall outlet ...

The meter was reported to be a total write off. 

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