Just bought a new fluke multimeter, and the AC Voltage seems to fluctuate from .002 to .003 when turned on. The DC voltage is constant at 0.00 when turned on, but for some reason the AC voltage fluctuates a little bit. Not sure if the fluke is defective, or if this is normal. This is my first multimeter so I have no experience. I can't seem to get the AC voltage at 0.00 constant. The two leads are not touching each and I am not moving the leads or multimeter. The fluke multimeter I bought is model no. 73 III.


Modified by JohnnyEF at 9:14 PM 4/5/2007

 

TTT

 

Have you counted your units of precision?

DC you have three units.

AC you listed 4 units.

Doesn't surprise me your meter is off by a couple millivolts.

Nothing to worry about.


Modified by nsxxtreme at 8:57 AM 4/6/2007

 

why you'll probably also nitice is that the voltage fluctuates and will actually increase if you starts spinning one of the leads around. if you touch the leads together it should go back to zero though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Have you counted your units of precision?

DC you have three units.

AC you listed 4 units.

Doesn't surprise me your meter is off by a couple hundred millivolts.

Nothing to worry about.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you for your feedback

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EBP_SI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why you'll probably also nitice is that the voltage fluctuates and will actually increase if you starts spinning one of the leads around. if you touch the leads together it should go back to zero though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes the meter goes back to zero when touching the leads together. Thanks

 

oops meant to say a "couple millivolts" not a couple hundred.