In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) submitted this idea :
I did wonder if it was to do with the current taken by a 'mechanical' volt
meter. The vast ancient units from the 1920s.

The higher the set voltage range, the lower the current absorbed by the
meter.

Quite. Although a massive old mechanical voltmeter might draw more current
than a newer one of the same.

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