I am not denying that. I am just saying I have never seen an electrician with one.
Hey, give me little credit. We have both been on this group for awhile, and I am aware of your electronics background.
Ben Miller
What you're discribing is call phantom voltage; It's a result of capacitance between conductors. The high input impeadance (10 MOhms) of a DMM can cause you to get a reading on a conductor if it is in close proximity to another live conductor. Wires running along inside of a conduit will have high capacitance because the wire you are testing and live wires are running parallel to eachother over a long distance.
Shaun
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