[Johnson] Plate/Grid meter stick: Suggestions?

[Edward Zeranski]

Smokey wrote:

>     I run my Johnson Adventurer nightly and it is the second one I have owned. This one (as well as its predecessor) exhibited an anomaly with the plate/grid current meter. In the "plate" position, the needle sticks and meter face has to be lightly tapped with a finger or free it up...
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I think it is a characteristic of suicidal ShurRite (sp??) meters, the 
poor things beat themselves to death.  Heathkits do it too.  I have one 
Adventurer with the original meter, the others have replacements.

EdZ