[sdiy] The fatman is finished...

[Ingo Debus]

Am Sonntag, 25.04.04 um 21:18 Uhr schrieb Scott Gravenhorst:

> I wouldn't trust that DMM too much.  A
> DMM set to read AC volts ought to have a capacitor in series with the 
> meter leads
> (internally) to block any DC present.  Sounds like that isn't the case.

If it hasn't, you can put a capacitor (100nF or so) in series with the 
voltmeter's input. Thus it will only show the AC component.

My very old analog multimeter has an extra jack for this. This jack is 
just connected via a capacitor to the minus jack.

Ingo