How to know when to change battery in multimeter...

[AK]

On my multimeter, the voltage readings get inaccurate over time due to battery discharge. My meters all use 9 volt batteries.

How can I tell when to change out the batteries?

Thanks.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

AK wrote:

On my multimeter, the voltage readings get inaccurate over time due to battery discharge. My meters all use 9 volt batteries.

How can I tell when to change out the batteries?

Thanks.

Sounds like time to change the multimeter instead!

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

(A fan of Tektronix DMM916s from eBay)

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[Charlie+]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 13:30:07 -0800 (PST), AK <scientist77017@gmail.com>
wrote as underneath :

On my multimeter, the voltage readings get inaccurate over time due to battery discharge. My meters all use 9 volt batteries.

How can I tell when to change out the batteries?

Thanks.

Have you tried one of the lithium rechageable PP3 / 6F22 , they have
inbuilt BMS which switches out the battery for protection when it gets
to about 6V. The EBL ones do this. C+

 

[Michael Terrell]

On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 5:36:25 PM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Sounds like time to change the multimeter instead!

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

(A fan of Tektronix DMM916s from eBay)

I have a couple HP3455A Voltmeters.