samcheetah
New Member
a couple of days ago i noticed that my DMM started giving off wrong readings. it is a DMM in which u have to select the ranges. when i selected the lowest range of the ohm-meter function the LCD display vanished and i guessed that the battery was dead. i bought a new one and the DMM "got back into bussiness".
now for the question. i checked the voltage of the dead battery. it started from 6.50 and then 6.49 then 6.48 and so on. it kept on decreasing. i didnt see where it would end because i saw it go down to 4.77
now i know the DMM is working fine. so the battery is wrong. but why is it behaving like that. what is this behaviour called in electronics terminology
now for the question. i checked the voltage of the dead battery. it started from 6.50 and then 6.49 then 6.48 and so on. it kept on decreasing. i didnt see where it would end because i saw it go down to 4.77
now i know the DMM is working fine. so the battery is wrong. but why is it behaving like that. what is this behaviour called in electronics terminology