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  • Why the $3 Voltmeter Cannot Work With Inline Resistance

    From Bret Cahill@bretcahill@aol.com to sci.electronics.basics on Sun Apr 17 06:10:15 2022
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    The lowest voltage it can measure is what powers the LED display so something must be acting like a DC to DC converter set at the display voltage.

    Additional resistance in series lowers the current too much to power the display.

    It only works on an ideal voltage source.
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  • From amdx@amdx@knology.net to sci.electronics.basics on Sat Apr 23 08:43:16 2022
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    On 4/17/2022 8:10 AM, Bret Cahill wrote:
    The lowest voltage it can measure is what powers the LED display so something must be acting like a DC to DC converter set at the display voltage.

    Additional resistance in series lowers the current too much to power the display.

    It only works on an ideal voltage source.
    What Brand and model is this meter?
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