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DVA MULTIMETER
Alex B - 13/10/07 at 11:06 PM

Anyone got any info or suppliers in Uk of these meters?

Alex


RazMan - 13/10/07 at 11:11 PM

DVA means direct voltage adapter. It's just another name for a peak reading voltmeter. Fluke probably do the best ones but a number of budget models are probably ok for most applications. Mine even has a laser infra red thermometer which can read surface temps from 20 feet away ..... which is nice


ghuncha - 14/10/07 at 06:28 AM

@razman
man whats the model of your multimeter and how much did you paid for it?
thanks


RazMan - 14/10/07 at 09:05 AM

Its made by Extech and available here for less than £100


MikeRJ - 14/10/07 at 02:14 PM

Does the Extech definitely have a peak voltage mode?

The datasheet only mentions a true RMS AC measurtement and MAX Hold on the 450 which is not the same as true peak detection (a peak detector will store the maximum input voltage on a capacitor ready to be digitised by the meter. A MAX Hold function simply displays the maximum value that has been sampled, but voltage transients between samples will be missed.