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Subject: [Shop-talk] 130v/260v?
From: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:44:53 -0700
References: <1181470922.3199989.1301518067937.JavaMail.root@sz0128a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> <B6EE42528D11466889BCAE089FBF02A6@Dell2010Watson>
> 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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