[ts1234]

Thanks. I may have posed my question wrong.

Usually meters have a bulb like image often in the top right comer of the meter that sometimes turns and stays red.

This may never come on even if the meter needle is constantly in the red and sometimes actually pegged.

As long as that bulb doesn't light...is it considered bad for needles to be in the red a majority of the time?

I'm guessing it's "it's depends on something" type of thing and varies so just looking for very general answer.