Re: Expressing fractions

From: Lee Sau Dan (danlee_at_informatik.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: 05 Jan 2005 23:37:38 +0800

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul J Kriha <paul.nospam.kriha@paradise.net.nz> writes:

    Paul> What's more, there is a reason why your ohmmeter will give
    Paul> you misleading resistance figures. Resistance of the
    Paul> metal-hand contact is _voltage_ dependent!!! Your ohmmeter
    Paul> performs the measurement in wrong condition. I guess it has
    Paul> an internal batery of 1.2/1.5V.

This problem can be overcome by using zero-current methods of
measuring resistance. I don't know if those cheap electronic
multimeters use any current when in resistance measurement modes.
Anyone knows? 

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