Range Multimeter
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Range Multimeter
Is the 17-Range Analog Multimeter, better than the 15 Range Digital Multimeter, Why?
Just wanted some opinions from the Engineering department on an Analog Mulitmeter vs. The Digital Multimeter, whats better seeing that the 17 Range Analog Multimeter is less money than the 15 Range Digital Mutlimeter, got any advice?
Good analog meters usually have more ranges than an equivalent quality digital meter.
The ranges on an analog meter often have full scale values of 1, 3, 10, 30, 100, etc or even 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 ,100, etc, because the relative error in reading the scale is large unless the pointer is in the "top half" of the scale. A digital meter usually has ranges in multiples of 10, and displays more digits than you can read on an analog scale.
So a 17 range analog is probably a worse specification than a 15 range digital, unless the digital has a lot of "gimmick" ranges that you never actually use (for example transistor gain measurement etc)
I saw your other question as well. Having both a digital and an analog meter is useful, because an analog is often quicker to use when you don't actually need a precise reading (e.g. you are just checking if a voltage is present or not, or checking wires for continuity rather than accurately measuring a resistance), but a digital is easier to use if you need to know the numerical reading.
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