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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] decent meter for negative voltages

2004-09-14 by dizz@elitemofo.com

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.
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> >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
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> >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.
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> >many thanks,
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> >dizz
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