Question about fluke 87 v multimeter voltage reading

[Turttle2013]

I was asked to measure the max DC input of a charging system, the DC input should be roughly 400v and no more then 800v. When I first measured the dc input it was 1265v. I tested 3 more times and the highest I recorded was 1663v. The manufacture said there was no way it could be that high. So I bought a Fluke 87v and a 1000:1 HV probe, and measured the site again. This time the manufacture flew their tech out to measure as well.

With the 1000:1 HV probe connected to the Fluke and the settings on Auto hold and the voltage range set to 6.000v
the results I got were 0.1114v. As I understand it that with using the 1000:1 HV probe that would equate to 1114v or would I be incorrect?


Thank you for your help with this

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[MosherIV]

I think 0.104V on the dmm means 104V.
The probe is 1000:1 meaning divid by 1000. You need to multiply by 1000 which means move decimal point to right by 3.

BTW the Fluke87V should easily be able to take 1000V and a bit more. The input protection will stop damage from happening.

[tooki]

So i was wanting to test max out of dc it should max at around 800v when i set up the meeter i had it at 6.000v i stead of 1000v and had a hv probe connected 1000:1 so that if the spike was higher then 1000 v dc it wouldnt ruin my meter quetion i am getting reading of say 0.1040 would that actually ne 1040v dc seeing how i set the meter to 6.00v

 The manual shows thisand i am new to the meter. And thi as many setting optionsq
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Please use punctuation and fix your typos, so we can easily figure out what you mean instead of trying to decipher a huge run-on sentence paragraph.

[eblc1388]

A DVM would integrate the input voltage for a certain period in order to get a reading. I'm not too sure using a DVM to measure a spike would give meaningful readings as spike is usually of very short duration. The proper instrument to use is an oscilloscope.