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VTVM - misaligned, or I need to learn how to read?
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05-05-2011, 01:14 PM
Thanks Sean!

I didn't think there was a battery inside, being that we plug the VTVM on the mains...

I have the original probe with switch.

When placed in DC at 1.5, the reading for a 1.2 battery was at around 8 on the meter. How do we compute the value? 10 would correspond to the multiplier I selected? i.e. 1.5V?

I never had a meter with analogic/needle display like that before.

From what I read online, this IM-5218 VTVM is a "modernized look, same circuit" of the previous IM-18.
Are those VTVM desirable for radio repairs? I have a digital multimeter already, do I gain anything by using a VTVM, other than the coolness factor?
-Mars
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