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   Message 71,085 of 72,318   
   AK to John Larkin   
   Re: Resistance question   
   05 May 19 19:21:26   
   
   From: scientist77017@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 6:48:37 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Sat, 4 May 2019 17:54:33 -0700 (PDT), AK    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >On Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 7:15:30 PM UTC-5, AK wrote:   
   > >> I have read the manual for my Excel multimeter.   
   > >>   
   > >> But it is not clear about resistance measurements.   
   > >>   
   > >> I got 24.6 on the 200K scale. How do I convert that to ohms?   
   > >>   
   > >> Thanks.   
   > >   
   > >If what I read is right, I would need to move the decimal to the right by 3   
   places.   
   > >   
   > >So 24,600 ohms?   
   >   
   > Probably. Does the selector knob, or something on the display, say   
   > KOHMS?   
   >   
   > Measure a few known resistors to figure out what that DVM does.   
   >   
   > Good grief, $6.99 on ebay with free shipping from China.   
   >   
   >   
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   > John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc   
   >   
   > lunatic fringe electronics   
      
   Here is what my meter looks like.   
      
   "https://www.dropbox.com/s/9y9rpj4uooi71s0/Excel_Meter.png?dl=0"   
      
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