I think I'm fated to fail with electrical stuff.

Now the colder weather is here I thought I'd buy a pair of Gerbing
heated gloves. I soon realised they weren't working as advertised
being lukewarm at best on a mild day, then they became intermittent
cutting in and out during my commute.

I went back to the shop where I bought them and thinking the fault
ought to be either the cable that feeds up through the jacket or the
cable attachment to the battery because both gloves were affected I got
a replacement for the jacket feed because it was didn't need any
disassembly. I checked it at the shop and the gloves were heating up so
off I went. On the way home they stopped working again and now don't
work at all.

I called in at Maplins and bought a cheap multimeter to test the gloves
and cabling. Got it home unpacked it and found it was DOA. So I took
the multimeter back and got a replacement when I got that home I found
that although it switched on, segments of the LCD wouldn't come on
unless I pressed on the screen. Anyway I tested the lead from the
battery, which showed 12V on the connector the Gloves both tested at
about 11 Ohms each which would seem about right, I didn't test the
continuity of jacket connector but I guess that's must be the problem
although I find it surprising to get two defective connectors. Or is
there some other explanation.

Anyway I took the multimeter back and got a refund. Now back to the
shop for a another replacement cable.

 

If it's not working then take them back again, although it's hard to
imagine how something so simple can fail to work, I bought two of
those maplin meters some time ago, BOGOF - I wander if the one I have
not removed from it's packet actually works from your experience!

 

Is this the buy one get one free then lose two so buy another one get
one free then lose one offer?