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Re: HV voltage divider



Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Exactly how you'd do it....  Is the meter impedance really 10 Meg, or is it
11Meg?...

YOu can always calibrate it with a known source...

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Richard Williams by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <richardwwilliams-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> I have a 990meg ohm resistor salvaged from a HV DC probe whose meter was
shot.
> Can I add a resistor in series, 10 meg ohm?, to ground to measure HV? Haven't
> tried it since I'm leary of inflicting damage to my digital meter since I've
> never done this before. Input impedence of the meter at the 700vac range is
> 10meg so would that "look" like a 5 meg resistor overall ?