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16th April 2008, 02:21 AM
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 Incuctance Meters Why do DMMs that have a capacitance range not also have a capability to read inductance? My Fluke DMM reads "0.L" while attempting to measure inductance in CAP mode. It should just read a negative capacitance. No? | |
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16th April 2008, 03:25 AM
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| A few DMM do have an inductor function. However a capacitance function will not work to measure inductors  Lefty
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16th April 2008, 06:08 AM
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| Some meters determine capacitance by measuring how long it takes a constant current to charge the capacitor to a given voltage. Obviously that same technique will not measure inductance. The comparable measurement for an inductor would be to apply a constant voltage to the inductor and measure the time it takes to reach a given current. | |
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