At 11:00 PM 6/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Joel,
>Battery testers test under load. Volt meters, whether analog or digital,
>ideally put no load on the circuit under test.
>That is why expensive volt meters have such high resistance, to put as
>little load on the circuit as possible.
>Cheaper volt meters (10,000 ohms/volt or less) are actually better battery
>testers. But, the best battery testers are battery testers, not volt
>meters. Try Radio Shack (most cost ~$10).
>
>Brian P. Huber
>
Thanks Brian, very helpful. I had always wondered why someone would buy a
battery tester (Micro Tools has a best buy for only $69!) when it seemed
like a volt meter would do the same thing and so much more. Now I understand.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
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