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Ian Jackson wrote:
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There are 2 requirements for a good battery: voltage & current.
Terminal voltage often tells enough, but not always. The other test
is to touch probes of a 1A meter to the battery for a fraction of a
second, see how fast the needle flies up. Digital meters generally
can't do this. Keep the probes on & you'll kill both meter & battery.

You'll most likely blow the fuse in the DVM if the battery can exceed
the current range.

And if the fuse is a 'special' (like in my Fluke) it's rather expensive.
[I think mine cost eight pounds.]

Yup. Makes you take care. ;-)

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