[sdiy] 2 multimeters showing different voltages

Seb Francis seb at burnit.co.uk
Tue Aug 7 21:18:34 CEST 2007


Future Image wrote:
> I talked to my electronics teacher about this and he told me that 
> multimeters will usually show fixed-but-random values if a small load 
> isn't put on them. Maybe try wiring up a resistor and LED to the 
> supplies then measuring?
>
>

Your teacher must be talking about power supplies not multimeters .. 
i.e. some PSUs need a small load to regulate properly.  But I don't 
think that's what's happening in Scott's case.

Seb





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