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On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 05:27:44 GMT
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Mike Tomlinson writes:
In article , Arfa Daily
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Even more annoying is that I have damaged the
meter by my own stupidity
Measured the resistance of the mains?
You too, eh?
But they are indeed tough beasts; apart from a shaky ohms-adjust pot
it's still working 25 years later.
Doubtful if you could do that with a modern DVM and get away with it.
Not a cheap one maybe. My bench meter is a Keithley 2000 that will take
1KV peak when in resistance mode. Not that I'd do it on purpose, though...
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