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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Barny on December 07, 2018, 11:06:05 am
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Hello
Yesterday I had to drill a hole in the wall in potential line of the power line.
So I thought of the VSense function of my Keysight - U1282A to check if there are wires hidden in the wall where I want to drill.
But the V-Sense function is that sensible that its beeping when I move the meter near the wall.
And I think its not that likely that the complete wall consists of conducting material (the wall is a dry brick wall)
Even in low sensity VSense mode the DMM is freaking out when I move it near to the wall or a wooden door.
If I move the DMM fast through the air, my U1282A is starting to beep too.
Is there the possibility to reduce the sensivity of VSense to an useable range?
I couldn't find more detils in the manual except high / low sensitivity mode.
And I couldn't make out much difference between these two modes.
Or is VSense only a gimmick which is designed for 110V-US Systems and isn't useable in areas with 230V / 240V AC and W-Lan networks?
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It is just the high/low sensitivity you found on the Range button.
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That's sad to read.
I hoped there is something like a hidden menu setting or a possibility to change the sensitivity over the IR - data port.
Thanks for helping.
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I found the same thing with mine. Far too sensitive on either setting to be of much practical use.