At 02:51 PM 5/7/2002, Ben huot wrote:
>Thank you all gentlemen's., very nice of you to reply (many p-mail also)
>
>I will try tonight with an analog multimeter.

You'll have to find a high-impedance one or it will drag down the signal
from the sensor.  You want 10 megohms input impedance -- 1 megohm might be
ok but is certainly not good.

>My meter is giving me 120-450mv even when both + & - wire are stored
>(touching nothing!!!) I guess my meter is not very precise when less than 1
>volt.

This is not necessarily a problem.  If it reads zero (or close to it) with
the leads touching each other that is ok.

david

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