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Re: Resistance measurement in the 0.5 - 1.0 Ohm range

Subject: Re: Resistance measurement in the 0.5 - 1.0 Ohm range
From: "Ed"
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:27:55 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.basics
 

"Phil Allison" <philallison@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:47he9cFfhn85U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> **  The basic reading error of a DMM is always  +/-  1 digit
>
> As you are no involving two readings to arrive at a value, the 
> errors might compound.
>
> So the answer is, the number shown, minus the residual reading,  +/- 
> 2 digits.

Thanks, Phil. So, if I arrive at 0.4 volts after the subtraction that 
means the actual resistance
might be between 0.2 and 0.6 Ohms?

Ed 




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