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Ralph Mowery

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Fluke's are great meters, but, pricey. I'm still trying to locate a
decent and reliable meter that can measure into the thousands for me.
I've been on their website, so I've either missed it, or, they don't
make one?

I don't need a million volts ability mind you, but 10k or so would be
very helpful for those rare occasions when I want to get a reliable
readout for so called high voltage output. Instead of just knowing
it's generating some.

I can't test the output of say, a microwave transformer or anything
else essentially like those with the meters I've got handy. My fluke
isn't a ****ty model, but it's not rated beyond 1000Volts, either. I
don't know of any mw transformers or neon sign power supplies (the
newer ones aren't really just a transformer, it's actually an
electronic power supply that produces 5k+ volts) that produces 1k or
less voltage, even if it has no real punch behind it.

You probably will not find a voltmeter/multimeter that goes over around
1000 volts. Or not at a reasonable price for most.

To go over 1000 volts you will need to get a high voltage probe. That
converts the common meter to read a higher voltage. I think Fluke has
some good to about 6 KV for just under $ 100 and some good for 30 or 40
KV for over $ 200. Lots more than I want to spend to check out the few
things I have that will do over 1 KV.

I would not buy a used probe for that kind of voltage. Once you get
much over 1 KV things that should be insulators seem to want to arc
over.

If I want to get an idea of a bad transformer I use a varac to cut the
primary voltage way down and bring it up slow to the meter on the
secondary gets close to 900 or so volts. Then do the math to see if it
is reasonable.

I have also used a 6 volt transformer in the same way .