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Siglent SPD3303X: Slight negative voltage when outputs are off
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brendar:
I recently received a new Siglent SPD3303X power supply and after running through some initial tests I noticed something odd: when the unit is on but the outputs are off, I'm measuring a negative voltage of -14 mV on CH1 and CH2, but CH3 measures 0 V as I would expect. Those measurements were taken on a Fluke 117 DMM using its included probes. I contacted Siglent about this and they stated that the unit is not defective and a negative voltage is expected in this situation. My question for you all is: how concerned should I be about this? Under what scenarios could that negative voltage be problematic? I'm new to electronics and not sure what's normal when it comes to bench power supplies.
Gulftown:
Hi,

in my opinion, you souldn't be too concerned.
On linear power supplys without relays on the output this behavior is pretty nomal.
My SPD3303X does the same.
When i short the outputs with a 50 Ohm Resistor, the voltage drops to -0.6 mV already.
I dont think, that any commonly used circuit will be damaged from this.
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