wingerr
New Member
Why is it that the cheaper DMM's don't use any filtering for DC on the AC measurement modes? With pretty much every one of the non-Fluke branded meters I tried, trying to measure the AC of a DC signal would give off the wall results. Only with my Flukes would it read zero on a battery. All the others would read something like double the 12VDC.
The intent was to check the charging output from a motorcycle R/R, to see if it might have had a bad diode by reading a high AC ripple. A blocking cap would proably help, but seems like that should be built in to the meters-
And if a meter has a true RMS measurement mode, what would it read if connected to a DC signal? Should it read the straight DC?
The intent was to check the charging output from a motorcycle R/R, to see if it might have had a bad diode by reading a high AC ripple. A blocking cap would proably help, but seems like that should be built in to the meters-
And if a meter has a true RMS measurement mode, what would it read if connected to a DC signal? Should it read the straight DC?