HV Meter

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

Hi All

I have just acquired (second hand) a 4kV panel meter, which I plan to 
incorporate into a test jig for MOT's.

The meter is labelled as being electrostatic:
1) Am I correct in assuming that this means that it's DC only?
2) If (1), would an MO diode and capacitor make adequate rectification for it?
3) Would I be reading peak or RMS with such a half-wave arrangement?  (I 
Can't lay my hands on my book from which I normally seek such wisdom ;-)
4) If I were to use a resistor string (voltage divider) to increase my 
range, would it be best to go before or after the rectifier, if used?

Cheers

M

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