Audio voltmeter jacks

Battery box with voltmeter does not work. I built a box for two sla batteries to take it to the outside and power an active speaker. I included two voltmeters and a pushbutton switch that enables the voltmeters, a 10A fuse und a dc-jack. Everything works as long as nothing is connected to the output jack of the box.

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• Measuring amplifier output power
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• How To Test RCA Outputs Car Stereo Using a Multimeter
• Multimeters
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• DETERMINING PROPER AC POLARITY
• Testing cables with a multimeter
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Measuring amplifier output power

Return to Test Equipment and Tools Discussions. Users browsing this forum: abmdaeokl, Google [Bot] , MarkPalmer and 12 guests. Audio voltmeter calibration Discussion of test equipment, tools, and related topics.

Using, finding, fixing radio and television test equipment. Ads are not permitted. I am not sure what to use to feed it 1vac cps per service manual instruction. I'm new at this type of service. I probably need an accurate audio generator which I dont have. Is there another quick and dirty method or can someone direct me to an economical generator to accomplish this type of cal?

Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by Usually Lurking » Nov Sun 15, pm If you tell us what equipment you do have, we might figure out something for you. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by stevebyan » Nov Sun 15, pm eizner23 wrote: I have. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by bob » Nov Sun 15, pm Calibration at power line frequency is easy. Of course you will need to observe precautions when making that measurement.

The way to do it is to warm up the voltmeter first. Then take the ungrounded, or hot, lead from it and touch it into the wall outlet. One side will give nearly zero and the other about V. Add the two numbers you get and it should agree with the VTVM. An error of more than about 3 Volts from is about all you should see.

Repeat the procedure at different times of day and see the variation. It shouldn't vary much at all. No schematic for the WVA appears to be available online but it's a safe bet that it is peak or peak to peak responding, calibrated in RMS volts.

In order to calibrate such meters successfully, or even check the calibration, a reasonably low distortion sine wave source is needed. The AC waveforms coming off the power lines in many places are too distorted for good accuracy, and taking them through transformers usually doesn't make matters better.

I've experimented with this on several occasions; you can usually get away with a percent or two distortion in the calibrating signal so even an old cheap audio oscillator will work, but if it goes much beyond that you will not get an accurate calibration.

Presumably RCA recommended a 1-kHz source since that is a common frequency any electronic audio oscillator could supply to ensure you used one. I would think your little DDS signal source, set to Sine, should be close enough to low distortion.

Does it accurately tell you the signal amplitude as well? If so, you are in business. If not, you need another meter to compare it to connect both meters in parallel and then feed them simultaneously from the signal source. If that fails, then you could try it off your low voltage power supply's AC outputs. That would be 60 Hz and might be distorted but it would at least tell you if the meter is in the ballpark; I just wouldn't use it for final calibration.

I would not use the audio output of the WR; it was intended mainly as an RF signal generator for radio alignments. The internal audio oscillator is probably rich in harmonics which is helpful for signal injecting and troubleshooting, but it isn't what you want for checking the calibration of an audio VTVM. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by processhead » Nov Sun 15, pm Do you own a smart phone? There are several free apps that when installed, turn your smart phone into an audio sine wave generator, routing the audio signal from the phone through the 3.

Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by bob » Nov Mon 16, am I feel that direct connection to the power line will give adequate calibration, at least until something better comes along. Most meters respond to the average, not rms or peak or peak-to-peak.

They are intentionally miscalibrated to give a reading that is called rms, but isn't, and only is correct for sinusoids. Perhaps someone you know has something calibrated well enough and that you can borrow.

If you had an oscilloscope there would be a means of comparison. But any old VOM is probably close enough also, especially if its power line reading is reasonable. The bottom line is that you can't make an accurate calibration without an accurately calibrated reference. Heath said to measure the voltage on a D cell and calibrate the dc ranges with that, and then the ac ranges should come in by themselves. There is some merit in that approach but again, it's only approximate.

Which is usually good enough. If you don't have one, go get one. You can spend a LOT more than that, and maybe it's worth it to do so, but all you need is a simple reference meter to calibrate others and even other gear.

I've tested plenty of el-cheapo DMM's and they are remarkably accurate, certainly close enough for this application. Preserving the hist. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by eizner23 » Nov Mon 16, pm Appreciate the assistance, it helped support my ideas on how to accomplish meter calibration.

Interesting on the line voltage method. If I can use the DDS, would this be useful calibrating the upper end of the meter, if necessary?

I do have a trusty old radio shack DMM. It would be nice if I can temporarily use that as reference. Kind regards. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by tinwhisker » Nov Wed 18, am Almost, if not all a. Stray power supply, heater to cathode noise or, just plain hum pick-up can interfere with accuracy. I can see what you guys mean needing a reasonably low distortion sine wave source.

I was miffed that the top of the sine wave getting cutoff, until I dialed it down under 2V. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by khutch » Nov Wed 18, pm processhead wrote: Do you own a smart phone?

I gave adjustment a shot. Low end I can only get it down to 1. The R30 pot seems to give me. Same with upper end it's slightly over 10v. The R34 pot gives me a little adjustment but its still over by. I worked the pots back and forth, no way to squirt in any deox without removal, but they seem fine.

Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by bob » Nov Thu 19, am It seems that R34 cancels the normal static reading of the meter to adjust the low end of the meter scale. R30 adjusts amplifier gain to calibrate the top end of the scale. Alternate adjustment of these pots should enable readings to be correct at both ends of the scale. If not, perhaps the resistors have changed value. I don't suspect the pots. A leaky capacitor somewhere may cause it but you replaced those, presumably.

It read K, I replaced it. R29 10W 25k resistor, measures Has this unit been serviced? Are all those electrolytic caps good? Are there any old paper capacitors still in it now? Does the meter zero when power is off? What does the amplifier output look like with no input signal?

Do use a 10X probe when working on tube gear! It's not completely clear what is happening with the calibration pots. Can you check what they do again and let us know?

Try setting R30 Span adjustment to the center of its travel, then tell us what reading the instrument's own meter gives at each end of travel for R34 Zero adjustment. Re: Audio voltmeter calibration by Chris » Nov Fri 20, pm While all tubes and coupling capacitors have to be free of leakage, the meter is essentially AC coupled throughout.

A DC offset in any of the amplifier stages may affect the linearity of the readings, but it won't cause the meter to read upscale by 1. That suggests that there is hum, distortion, or oscillation in one of the amplifier stages that is making it through to the meter rectifier.

Hum can be detected by plugging a high impedance headphone into the "Phones" jack on the front of the WV and listening; oscillation at some supersonic frequency or distortion can be detected with a scope. Decibel meters, or AC voltmeters with decibel scales are curious instruments; 0 on the scale is the reference power level reading and not zero as in "nothing doing. But analog meters are what they are and that mechanical screw adjustment on the front of the meter face does impact the position of the pointer and thereby the calibration.

So you have to start by making sure the pointer resting point is set usually with the power off before checking the electronic calibration. The manual should tell you how to do this. In some instruments they defeated the mechanical adjustment, leaving you at the mercy of the movement to retain its stability. If perchance meter is non-adjustable without taking the front cover off, or the manual doesn't say anything about the mechanical meter adjustment, one can adjust it by trial and error until the meter calibrates properly.

But that should be a last resort after all possibility of malfunction has been checked and any procedures in the manual have been followed. It's a very tedious way to get a meter into calibration--trust me on this. The other thing people get tripped up over when calibrating AC instruments is the relationship between peak to peak, peak, RMS, and average voltage.

For sinusoidal waveforms, peak to peak voltage is 2. This all comes into play when you are using an oscilloscope or a source calibrated in something other than RMS, to calibrate an RMS-reading meter.

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A digital multimeter is an indispensable tool for testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting electrical circuits, components, and devices. The first digital multimeter was introduced in the late s, and has proven much more accurate and reliable than the old needle-based analog meters. So do we. Let's make some cool stuff together. Here are five common uses for your digital multimeter.

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The digital multimeter is a versatile instrument that is used to get various types of electrical measurements. These are simple to use and are commonly used in testing and debugging electronics or electrical circuits. These can be used for various applications and can function as voltmeter , ammeter, and ohm meter in one device. Though the basic hand held digital multimeters are adequate for simple electrical measurements for accuracy and functionality, advanced versions such as NI FlexDMM are used. A digital multimeter can serve as ammeter when placed in series with a current flowing wire or electrical component. When it is used as an ammeter, the digital multimeter will have only a negligible resistance, which will cause a very small voltage drop across the multimeters leads. It can also be used as an ohmmeter to measure resistance of an electrical component.

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I know that sometimes the complexity of the multimeter symbols can stop you in your tracks. Essentially, a multimeter is an electronic tool that measures current, voltage, and resistance, and in some models, temperature. These versatile machines include general home-use examples, automotive-focused units, and industrial-grade HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning tools.

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