Hmmm, Thought I replied but don't see anything. Thanks for the advice Tim and I did get a decent Fluke (175). I've repled back to Crow over at the polysix group, If you're interested in what I'm working on,,,(vcf cutoff quirkiness) regards, dizz Quoting timothy kosiorek <tkosiorek@...>: > Hello:all you need to do to measure negative voltages is reverse the test > leads,most digital voltmeters have a + or - sign before the reading to let > you know if it is a positive or negative voltage you are reading without > having to reverse the test leads,a Fluke meter should be good enough to read > the voltages,I don't think fluke makes anything but good meters,but get one > that has at least 3-1/2 digits.preferably 4-1/2 digits if you plan on doing > a lot of synth adjustments. > reagrds, > Tim K. > > > > direct link to my Ebay store. > www.sonicelectronicmusic.com > > > > > > >From: "dizz662000" <dizz@...> > >Reply-To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com > >To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] decent meter for negative voltages > >Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:45:28 -0000 > > > >Hi, I'm new to the group. Working on a Korg Polysix. I need a decent > >multimeter for checking the filter cutoff voltage pot. It's -5V to > >+5V. I've tried to research some Fluke meters but they don't discuss > >negative voltages in the docs. An EE friend suggested a decent digital > >type should work but he didn't have any specifics-(ASICs designer). > >Can anyone tell me if a Fluke model 175 has this capability? Or any > >other model for $200. USD or less. > > > >many thanks, > > > >dizz > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] decent meter for negative voltages
2004-09-14 by dizz@elitemofo.com
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