Re: [Shop-talk] 130v/260v?

["Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>]

> Most cheap DMM's
> don't actually do the RMS function but display the RMS value based on
> measuring the peak voltage.  

I agree.  In other words, they display the peak voltage divided by 1.414
instead of true RMS.
I've never seen a cheap meter that will display peak AC voltage directly.

-- Randall 
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