Agree. However, the principles of "significant digits" is rarely understood by today's technical folks, and wasn't needed in the days of analog meters and slide rules where we usually got only two significant digits, and were lucky to get three significant digits.
Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph McDiarmid > [mailto:Ralph.McDiarmid@SCHNEIDER- > ELECTRIC.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > Those topics used to be taught in engineer school. That > should not be on-the-job learning. > > Ralph McDiarmid > Product Compliance > Engineering > Solar Business > Schneider Electric > > > From: Brent DeWitt > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 8:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > The difference between resolution and accuracy is > pretty intuitive to those (old farts) who have lived > through the transition from analog meters and slide rules > to digital meters and calculators. It is an important > differentiation to be passed on to folks who haven’t > thought about it. > > Brent DeWitt, AB1LF > Milford, MA > > From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 10:12 PM > To: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Quasipeak definition > > https://www.amazon.com/Tekpower-TP188-Pocket- > size-Analog-Multimeter/dp/B00064CH6A > > Eh? > > I got some, old and recent, and I used them once to > show folks it was their 14-digit $XX,000, buss- > controlled remote multimeter that had them (planless > and clueless) testing everything in sight for WEEKS. > > > Cortland -- WV6, KN4, W9,W1,DL4,DA1>>>KA5S > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
