[AT] Reading ohms on a digital VOM

[Robert L. Holtzer]

I have several digitals.  None provide for zeroing.  Lead resistance is not 
usually a problem, but as Dudley says,  it could be at very low resistance 
measurement.  I forget when I last had such a low reading!

Bob Holtzer



At 12:04 AM 10/29/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Walt,
>
>The digital Fluke meter I have does not provide any mechanism for zeroing
>out the resistance (ohm) scale.  However, as I believe someone said in a
>post earlier today, for really low resistance readings (like coils of 1 to 2
>ohms) you probably will want to short the digital meter probes together just
>like you would the probes on an analog meter.  However, instead of then
>zeroing out the resistance meter reading like you would with the analog ohm
>meter you merely "remember" this digital ohm meter reading and then subtract
>(algebraically) this "offset value" from any resistance measurements that
>you then make.  Maybe there are digital meters that do have a mechanism for
>zeroing out the resistance scale.  If so I'd like to have one of them.  It's
>asking a lot for me to have to remember this offset value - I often have
>trouble remembering why I even have the meter in my hands.
>
>Dudley -
>Snohomish, Washington
>
>
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>On my antique meter you have to zero the meter  when using Own or resitance.
>Do you have to zero the digital meters also, not  ever having or using one I
>would like to know this.
>
>Walt Davies
>Cooper  Hollow Farm
>Monmouth, OR 97361
>503 623-0460
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