I don't test for live circuits with a DMM. I use test lamps or a low(er) impedance voltmeter. If you worked for me I would sack your arse if I caught you using a DMM to test for live.
I don't test for live circuits with a DMM. I use test lamps or a low(er) impedance voltmeter. If you worked for me I would sack your arse if I caught you using a DMM to test for live.
Who said anything about it being *analogue* ?
Impedance is a property of the input of the meter not the display type.
I've used high and low impedance analogue meters and the same in digital form.
No, you carry the correct tools. You use a load to test for live/dead circuits, not a DMM. (I use test lamps with fuse protected leads). If you need to measure voltage, then you use a voltmeter...how hard is that to understand????
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I didn't say you had to use an analog meter. I said that they do not have the same problem. An analog meter "IS A LOAD" a DMM is NOT.
No shit... exactly my point. A voltmeter with a high impedance is not the tool to use to test for live circuits....
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It is exactly the right term. It is a high impedance meter that has a shunt added to cripple it's input impedance.
If it was a .1% meter with the .5% feature added, yes, it was "crippled".
It does one thing and one thing only. The uncrippled meter will work in a wider variety of circumstances, though we are getting pretty far from the original point.
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Wow! I'm impressed! For a sparky, you're pretty sharp, there.
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bullshit. you are just another wannabe...
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Only for cable monkeys. Find the right niche and you can name your price.
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So you know nothing about working in the field...and you accuse me of not knowing how to use my tools?
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No, I accuse you of not understanding electricity.
Nice to know someone round here knows what they are doing!
Really? They both use resistive divider networks across the DUT.
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That depends on what you consider a live circuit.
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He was in electronics before you were a twitch between your daddy's legs.
Show me where he declared knowing nothing about the field.
You ain't real bright, making shit up from what you read and calling it fact, boy.
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