> Heck a lot of the current quality DMM's will take this in stride... One > of the tests we do when demoing meters (and I've seen it done commonly > from reviewers) is to run a meter through the different feature settings > while connected to the mains. Often we'll just dump the probes into the > wall at 120VAC (or often 240VAC) then slowly turn the meters knob > through all possible settings. Then run the knob back to off, remove > probes from the wall and power the unit back on. If its not still > working perfectly and within its calibration spec we won't buy them. > Every Agilent and Fluke meter I've tried this with passed with flying > colors.
Good on ohms and volts, but watch out if the meter passes that test when measuring current. We should at least have to change a fuse, otherwise any meter that would survive 120 volts in that test without opening a fuse would have significant burden when measuring current in a low voltage circuit. 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
