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Post by Baraka Obam on Nov 20, 2012 17:44:53 GMT -5
Tony, WOW, tony you can ride with me any time, well you know how Harleys are some times, (unpredictable) many times its the battery.
Anyway, my good idea, in the daytime hookup a solar generator, at night hook Tony up and wa la no more dead batteries. Tony if we can find out how you do this we can accessorize other people to generate.
I can see the positiont of your setting on this meter, but can you tell me EXACTLY what it says, a/c d/c what.
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Well....of course there's a PLANE flying in the sky just when I did this video, you can hear it in the background. ;D hahahaha Anyways, here's the VOM. I've wet my fingers with water, and you can see the numbers going up. At the 30 second mark I put each contact from the red and black cords "on each side of my tongue" and the numbers REALLY SHOOT UP into the 90's. Something I've noticed...on different days, I register up into the 90's, and other days I'm "in the 100's".
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Post by homeworld on Nov 20, 2012 17:45:57 GMT -5
...anytime electric current flows through a wire an electromagnetic field is generated...the higher the current.. the stronger and larger is the field. Any operating electrical device will radiate an EM field that can be detected with a dc milliammeter or rf field strength meter. ...In a very brief test, I find that I can get readings from 2 to 50 ma depending on where I am standing. Since I am in a 4 plex apt, it is tricky to figure out where the EM fields are coming from...heater blower motors, electric stoves, ...electric water heaters.. ....everyone seems to be running a router for their home computers and those add to the electrical noise, albeit as an RF [radio frequency] signal. I strongly distrust the "smart meters" that are putting out a radio chirp every few minutes as well. ........living in such RF smog is not healthy.
** I notice that the meter in your video is operating properly.. when you release the probes, the display holds at zero..with only a one bit bobble to .1...which is a "normal" ADC [analog to digital conversion] phenomena and is not a real "fault". A crappy meter can have the display jumping all over the place when the probes are not connected to anything..the input pins on the "measuring" circuitry are left free to float to any stray voltage and the result is garbage on the display until the probes are connected to a "real" signal. Such meters are not to be trusted in any task more demanding than being a paperweight or a doggie toy.
While as a general rule digital meters are considered to be more "accurate" and "precise"..it is not universally true. There is still some excellent analog meters available..and an awful lot of crappy digital meters being sold as well. A digital display does not guarantee accuracy....the displays are only as "good" as the electronics that are driving them.
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Post by toni on Nov 21, 2012 9:12:29 GMT -5
Oh I see just what you mean now Homeworld, and thank you. That does make sense about (the fields) and how the VOM would work. Yes. I wish I would have "shown more" on the VOM video...but, you've got a sharp eye - and you saw this one doesn't move really at all when I let go of the wires/cords which is a good thing, and you also helped answer a question I have had for a long time too - which was "why when those red and black wires/cords 'do' move about" , even before I've "gotten hooked up ;D" do the numbers even move at all... and now I understand that it is the EMF's doing that, so I thank you for that too.
I know on the video at the 30 sec mark, I can't be seen as I touch the red and black wire contacts to both sides of my tongue, but isn't it incredible how much more my "tongue" is "volting out". Have you tried yours....(your tongue) on opposite sides? What I mean is...why is the tongue up in the 90's numbers - and usually it's higher. Do you know why...because I sure don't get it. Thanks.
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Post by toni on Nov 21, 2012 9:25:04 GMT -5
Tony, WOW, tony you can ride with me any time, well you know how Harleys are some times, (unpredictable) many times its the battery.
Anyway, my good idea, in the daytime hookup a solar generator, at night hook Tony up and wa la no more dead batteries. Tony if we can find out how you do this we can accessorize other people to generate.
I can see the positiont of your setting on this meter, but can you tell me EXACTLY what it says, a/c d/c what.
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Well....of course there's a PLANE flying in the sky just when I did this video, you can hear it in the background. ;D hahahaha Anyways, here's the VOM. I've wet my fingers with water, and you can see the numbers going up. At the 30 second mark I put each contact from the red and black cords "on each side of my tongue" and the numbers REALLY SHOOT UP into the 90's. Something I've noticed...on different days, I register up into the 90's, and other days I'm "in the 100's". Baraka ;D that's funny! Yes, hehehe I could go around sticking my volty tongue out to anyone who's in need of electricty ;D And...... I don't even need "charged up" at night, that's the beauty of having volts of electricity right under my nose, hahaha And gosh, I sure wish I knew why I am so charged up.. any ideas...(because I just don't understand). What are your thoughts?? Thank you. The VOM...I've got it set on 200m (but I don't know what the symbols mean) on this device. There's a V with dashes above it, then a straight line (if that helps). I know it's "set right"....my dad had instructed me on what to set it on for the most sensitivity on this VOM. I just don't know what that symbol means.
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Post by toni on Nov 21, 2012 9:42:50 GMT -5
Here's a quickie drawing of that symbol on the VOM that I have it set on when I hold the cords of the meter.
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Post by homeworld on Nov 21, 2012 20:06:52 GMT -5
www.ladyada.net/library/metertut/voltage.html...the second and third graphic down from the top will show the DC and AC symbols and explain what is going on. ...there is a LOT more useful information on that page.. probably far more than you really want to read..but.. better too much than too little.
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Post by toni on Nov 25, 2012 11:14:04 GMT -5
www.ladyada.net/library/metertut/voltage.html...the second and third graphic down from the top will show the DC and AC symbols and explain what is going on. ...there is a LOT more useful information on that page.. probably far more than you really want to read..but.. better too much than too little. Thank you Homeworld. Yes, this link here you gave sure does "have it all" plus some ;D I'm glad, now I'll be able to understand this better. Thanks.
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