What is the smallest physically-possible voltage that can be detected or processed given the state of today's technology? - Page 2

 

Yeah, but when it's exactly zero volts, that what the $35 multimeter will
display, so he wasn't incorrect.

;)

 
Eric Jacobsen wrote:

   Sigh.  


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You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!

 On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:00:07 -0700, "Eric Jacobsen"


]  Not if it is turned on it wont.


  Oh yes he was, and so is most of the other responses to him.

  If the meter is off, there will be no display.  If it is on, it will
not be very likely to read zero volts when probing a bare piece of metal
or shorting the leads.

  Like a scale that has been zeroed, one will see drift above and below
the zero line if the scale can resolve to tenths of a gram.  It will also
drift as the internal electronics heats up. Not so much with a meter as
with scale electronics, for some reason.

  So if the meter has more than 2 digits behind the decimal point, one
will likely see errant values pop in and out.

 On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:40:51 -0700, ItsASecretDummy


Fluke 75, shorted leads, VDC range: steady   .000

Fluke 87, ditto:  steady  0.000


AlwaysWrong.

John

 On Jun 3, 5:09 pm, John Larkin

Are you going to return these meters for repair?

Rick