At 12/27/2005 04:23 PM, you wrote:
>I have a Harbor Freight store about 2 miles from me....
>
>I had one of the Centech cheapies and didn't bother
>replacing it after it died. The AC volts scale was way
>off on it from the day I opened the box...
>118vAC on my Fluke DVM or my Simpson 260 read
>124v on the Centech.
>
>If I were going to buy one I'd take another meter and some
>test samples: a 9v DC battery and both a 100 ohm and a
>10k resistor with me to the store...
>
>I'd read the store's AC voltage with my meter, then pop open
>the Centech box there in the store and use it to read the AC
>voltage, the 9v battery and the two resistors against known
>values (i.e. your other meter).
>
>Mike WA6ILQ
Just don't try to use the DMM to measure its own 9V battery. That don't work!
Bob NO6B
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