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ballsystemlord:
Hello,
I was reading some specs for DMMs and instead of the typical xx% + xxDigits, I came upon xx% + xx% of range.
So if the range is 1000.00V, and I'm measuring 1V, and the accuracy is 0.1% + 0.01% of the range, then I could get a reading of up to 101.001V?!
(1V*1.001%)+(1000(range)*0.01%) == 11.001V
And that's assuming I'm using only the portion of the range after the period. If not, then 1V could become:
(1*1.001)+(100000*0.01) == 1,001.001V!!!

Now I suspect I'm making a mistake somewhere, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks!

Fungus:
I assume you mean when measuring AC voltage.

Many TRMS converters are inaccurate at the low end of their ranges.

That's why we have auto-ranging meters - to switch to a lower range on demand and avoid these problems.  :)

ballsystemlord:
No, not AC. This is the DC range.

mwb1100:
You’ve got a decimal point in the wrong place. 

0.01% of the range would be:

    (1000V * 0.0001) = 0.1

ballsystemlord:
Which if we took the above datasheet picture and applied that for 1V at the 1V range, we'd get ((1*1.01)+(1*0.00005)) = 1.01005. Or the reading could be off by as much as 1% even though the meter's accuracy is 0.01% in the 1V range... Which means that absolute accuracy specs are a bit misleading?

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