[sdiy] DMM problems [OT]

[anthony]

This happens to me when the wire is about ready to break. The lead wire is 
maybe only one filament or two of actual copper wire - ergo it has a higher 
resistance.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seb Francis" <seb at burnit.co.uk>
To: "Synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] DMM problems [OT]


> Seb Francis wrote:
>> It reads about 500R in autoranging mode and different readings in each 
>> range when manually ranged (from about 30R up to 20M depending on range).
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> Sorry, should have said "with the inputs shorted".  When measuring a 
> resistor the reading is similarly way off (much higher than it should be)
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> Seb
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