voltage

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 22:18 -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 9/16/2010 7:26 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> > On Friday, September 17, 2010 12:24 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> >> Den 2010-09-16 06:35:15 skrev terry l<xtlynne at charter.net>:
> >>
> >>> 311 volts is 220, peak to peak
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, it is. So did someone ask this or why did you write that?
> >>
> >
> > Terry has this knack of not responding in the thread concerned. My
> > digital multimeter reports somewhere around 311V but I am supposed to be
> > in a 220V environment. Maybe the battery is dead and so certain
> > functions are not available and so I get the 3xxV figures.
> >
> First replace the battery.  But it sounds more like you are rectifying
> the AC and peak-detecting it--i.e., by putting a capacitor at the
> output of the rectifier. (It wouldn't need to be much capacitance--the 
> input impedance of the meter is in the megohm region.)  This would 
> indicate some kind of circuit screwup inside the meter, maybe a bad or 
> shorted switch contact Or the range knob is loose, and some other 
> function produces this result?

Just check T1 and T2 to neutral. They should be the same. (110V) If not,
check the base as I mentioned. 

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