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Old 20th Nov 2019, 3:50 pm   #22
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Default Re: AVO Model 7 Restoration

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
Silly suggestion (?) Could you not shunt a DMM (normally 10M input resistance) with a suitable resistor to make it the equivalent of a 1000 ohms per volt meter? If, say you would have used a 100V range on the AVO 7, connect a 100k resistor in parallel with the DMM (it will be near enough for this sort of measurement I think)
Yes probably, but then I wouldn’t have the pleasure of using( and looking at) an AVO7.
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