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Voltage Drops In a Circuit

  • 02-12-2003 8:16pm
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    Pacifico
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    Hey, just wonderin' if someone can enlighten me here.

    In a lab a college if you have to measure a voltage drop accross a resistor can you just uses a DMM and connect it accross the two legs of the resistor?? is that all you have to do?

    Thanks in advance, Alex.


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    daveirl
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    Pacifico
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    thanks:D :D


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    I think you are supposed to take into account the resistance of the DMM - if the resistor is in the MegaOhms area then the DMM resistance will matter - if it's in the order of a few 10's of K's then it will be negligable.


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    daveirl
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    Capt'n Midnight
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    20 Mega Ohms is not infinite

    To be pedantic I have at home a 10 GigaOhm resistor - tolerance is 10% (a real curiousity) it is in a sealed glass vial with leads coming out the ends.


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    Jaden
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    Anyone who has an unused 10 gigaohm resistor at home, and bothers posting about it on an Internet bulletin board is obviously not just pedantic, but also a beardy nerd who needs some friends and/or more contacts with the opposite sex.

    :)

    The opinion that most DMMs are designed to compensate for measurements by having near infinite input resistance is correct, and would only be poo-pooed by someone more anally retentive than Rimmer from Red Dwarf.

    It's Friday, lighten up.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Originally posted by Jaden
    It's Friday, lighten up.
    eh Bud ?
    I posted on Thursday
    Anyway on the 200mV range older DMM's might only have a 200K input resistance !

    PS. Anyone want to buy an Unused Hermathecially Sealed Open Circuit ???


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    daveirl
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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Originally posted by daveirl
    And whats the usage of a 10G resistor anyways?
    The perfect present for the person who has everything.... :)

    For practical purposes a DMM is infinite - but in a college lab you maybe have to take into account the theory..


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