Milli Volts

[tonymjr]

What would you set your multi meter to to check for 750mv with no actual mv scale?

[Wild Leg]

milli = thousandths of something.
There are 1000 millivolts in one volt.
Look at your meter.
What are your choices?

[tonymjr]

ac and dc scales

[Wild Leg]

Which do you want to measure?

ac or dc?

[tonymjr]

well it's a thermopile for a gas boiler

[Wild Leg]

That narrows it down.
A thermopile is a big thermocouple.

Have you tried your meter on it yet?

[tonymjr]

so what does a thermocouple generate ac or dc? I always thought dc

[Wild Leg]

That's a good question, and the one you could have started this thread with.

Another name for a thermopile is a pilot generator.

Generators produce DC.

[thecomfortzone44]

Yes and you will be darned lucky to get 750 mv off that power pile.

[tinknocker service tech]

it is not worth it to check
replace it and clean the pilot burner at the same time

[me75006]

0.00075v = 750uv microvolts
0.75v = 750mv millivolts
1000v = 1kv kilovolts

[ct2]

BWAL2:lol@
0.00075v = 750uv microvolts
0.75v = 750mv millivolts
1000v = 1kv kilovolts

Hey maybee you could use that in class sometime.

Bwal2 is one of the most respected educators on this site

[Wild Leg]

Originally posted by ct2
Bwal2 is one of the most respected educators on this site

Now THAT's a first!

Careful, ct2, you'll give me a swelled head.

( I do use that sort of thing in class. Last I heard, math was a necessary skill.)

My motivation for posting & reading on this forum is the same as everybody else's.

I learn something EVERY time I log on, because I don't know it all.


[Edited by bwal2 on 04-03-2005 at 11:43 PM]