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| RiRaRi:
Hello. Recently i was trying to troubleshoot steam/clothing iron station and by mistake i measured resistance of live wire of heater to body of boiler (for more time then one second). I thought that it wasnt plugged in at the time. Fluke 179 showed some unreal resistance and it is working now okay. But my question is can it get out of calibration that way? Note: it does not have fuse for resistance so i didnt change anything. I have one 5 year old 13 dollar DMM from which i compared results in order to determine its accuracy and for voltage it is almost the same but resistance is about 1 ohm difference. Difference can also be because of cheap meter non-accuracy. |
| BeBuLamar:
No it wouldn't hurt the meter. |
| Fungus:
They're designed not to be damaged by that sort of mistake. --- Quote from: RiRaRi on August 10, 2023, 10:41:14 pm ---it is working now okay. --- End quote --- Yep. --- Quote from: RiRaRi on August 10, 2023, 10:41:14 pm --- I have one 5 year old 13 dollar DMM from which i compared results in order to determine its accuracy and for voltage it is almost the same but resistance is about 1 ohm difference. --- End quote --- Sounds good to me. |
| RiRaRi:
Thanks. Hope it cant go out of calibration that way |
| TERRA Operative:
The Fluke can handle it, it's part of what you pay for when you buy Fluke. ;) |
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