Can I use any HV Probe for a Voltmeter/Ampmeter gauge?












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I purchased the multimeter pictured below for a high voltage power supply I'm working on. It's rated for 100V DC and 10A, but I hope to measure several thousand volts. Is it possible to use a HV voltage probe like I would use with a regular multimeter on this component, or no?
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    I purchased the multimeter pictured below for a high voltage power supply I'm working on. It's rated for 100V DC and 10A, but I hope to measure several thousand volts. Is it possible to use a HV voltage probe like I would use with a regular multimeter on this component, or no?
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      I purchased the multimeter pictured below for a high voltage power supply I'm working on. It's rated for 100V DC and 10A, but I hope to measure several thousand volts. Is it possible to use a HV voltage probe like I would use with a regular multimeter on this component, or no?
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      I purchased the multimeter pictured below for a high voltage power supply I'm working on. It's rated for 100V DC and 10A, but I hope to measure several thousand volts. Is it possible to use a HV voltage probe like I would use with a regular multimeter on this component, or no?
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          No. Those cheap meters use a voltage divider adding up to around 280-290K and go directly into an 8-bit MCU (STM8 series).



          Typical high voltage probes assume a reasonably accurate 10M$Omega$ input impedance for the multimeter- something like 999M in series with 1.11M (internal divider values), so it would read grossly low on this kind of an input.






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          • It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
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          • @winny but only once, I guess.
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          • How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
            – winny
            2 days ago










          • @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
            – Spehro Pefhany
            yesterday










          • Of course! Hence correction factor!
            – winny
            yesterday



















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          Only if the input impedances are the same to form a voltage divider.






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            No. Those cheap meters use a voltage divider adding up to around 280-290K and go directly into an 8-bit MCU (STM8 series).



            Typical high voltage probes assume a reasonably accurate 10M$Omega$ input impedance for the multimeter- something like 999M in series with 1.11M (internal divider values), so it would read grossly low on this kind of an input.






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            • It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny but only once, I guess.
              – Spehro Pefhany
              2 days ago










            • How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
              – Spehro Pefhany
              yesterday










            • Of course! Hence correction factor!
              – winny
              yesterday
















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            No. Those cheap meters use a voltage divider adding up to around 280-290K and go directly into an 8-bit MCU (STM8 series).



            Typical high voltage probes assume a reasonably accurate 10M$Omega$ input impedance for the multimeter- something like 999M in series with 1.11M (internal divider values), so it would read grossly low on this kind of an input.






            share|improve this answer





















            • It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny but only once, I guess.
              – Spehro Pefhany
              2 days ago










            • How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
              – Spehro Pefhany
              yesterday










            • Of course! Hence correction factor!
              – winny
              yesterday














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            No. Those cheap meters use a voltage divider adding up to around 280-290K and go directly into an 8-bit MCU (STM8 series).



            Typical high voltage probes assume a reasonably accurate 10M$Omega$ input impedance for the multimeter- something like 999M in series with 1.11M (internal divider values), so it would read grossly low on this kind of an input.






            share|improve this answer












            No. Those cheap meters use a voltage divider adding up to around 280-290K and go directly into an 8-bit MCU (STM8 series).



            Typical high voltage probes assume a reasonably accurate 10M$Omega$ input impedance for the multimeter- something like 999M in series with 1.11M (internal divider values), so it would read grossly low on this kind of an input.







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            • It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny but only once, I guess.
              – Spehro Pefhany
              2 days ago










            • How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
              – Spehro Pefhany
              yesterday










            • Of course! Hence correction factor!
              – winny
              yesterday


















            • It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny but only once, I guess.
              – Spehro Pefhany
              2 days ago










            • How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
              – winny
              2 days ago










            • @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
              – Spehro Pefhany
              yesterday










            • Of course! Hence correction factor!
              – winny
              yesterday
















            It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
            – winny
            2 days ago




            It would be highly impractical to manually account for a very uneven correction factor, but OP would be able to feed it higher voltages than before :-)
            – winny
            2 days ago












            @winny but only once, I guess.
            – Spehro Pefhany
            2 days ago




            @winny but only once, I guess.
            – Spehro Pefhany
            2 days ago












            How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
            – winny
            2 days ago




            How come? The probe division should take the majority of the voltage.
            – winny
            2 days ago












            @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
            – Spehro Pefhany
            yesterday




            @winny If it's rated for 40kV but only outputs roughly 1/3 the voltage, connecting it to a 120kV source might not be wise. ;-)
            – Spehro Pefhany
            yesterday












            Of course! Hence correction factor!
            – winny
            yesterday




            Of course! Hence correction factor!
            – winny
            yesterday













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            Only if the input impedances are the same to form a voltage divider.






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