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Jan 08, 2009 9 Replies

I have two voltmeters.. one DC voltmeter and one AC voltmeter.. how would you differentiate it without opening the apparatus...?? that is just by seeing it.....


There must be some setting for ranges of voltages which should show some clue? Furthermore how do you know that they are AC/DC?

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The AC meter has a squigle near the leads.

give them some alternating voltage and see which of them reads anything ... the 'DC' one won't.

Chris

look at the terminals, DC meter will be marked +,- (or different colours) AC should not.

Different colors?

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The one that says "AC VOLTS" is probably the AC voltmeter.

John

If you put the two together you get an awesome rock band...

Really? I didn't think they were that great!

couldn't decide on which way they were going!

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