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How to know when to change battery in multimeter

Started by AK ●December 9, 2022
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.
Reply by Phil Hobbs ●December 9, 20222022-12-09
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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Reply by Charlie+ ●December 10, 20222022-12-10
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+
Reply by Michael Terrell ●July 9, 20232023-07-09
On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 5:36:25&#8239;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.