Re: [volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage

2020-09-07 Thread DM
he display. Cheers, Dave M From: "Larry McDavid" To: "Jeremy Nichols" , "Volt-Nuts" Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 3:46:59 PM Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage That is not my experience. I bought several kinds on eBay after i

Re: [volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage

2020-09-07 Thread Jeremy Nichols
There are (at least) a couple different kind: two-lead meters and three-lead meters. The two-lead kind use the same voltage for power as the voltage they’re measuring. They can measure only positive voltages above some minimum amount. I checked one of my three-lead meters measuring a 10-Volt

Re: [volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage

2020-09-07 Thread Larry McDavid
That is not my experience. I bought several kinds on eBay after inquiring and being assured by the seller that the meter would measure and display a negative voltage, only to find on receipt that the meter, powered from +5 vdc, displays zero, close to zero or a nonsensical value when the sense

Re: [volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage

2020-09-07 Thread Jeremy Nichols
All of the cheap 3-digit panel meters I’ve purchased have the ability to read/display positive and negative voltages. On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 12:12 PM Larry McDavid wrote: > Does anyone know of an available 3-1/2 to 5 digit inexpensive LED panel > > meter of the type offered by many eBay

[volt-nuts] Panel Meter for Negative Voltage

2020-09-07 Thread Larry McDavid
Does anyone know of an available 3-1/2 to 5 digit inexpensive LED panel meter of the type offered by many eBay sellers that will read negative voltage? Or, both negative and positive voltage? I have +5 to +12 vdc available to power the meter but I need it to display negative voltage. -- Best