Selecting A Measurement Function; Ranging; Autoranging - Fluke 45 User Manual

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FUNCTION
and FREQ
mA
and FREQ
and FREQ
All Functions

Selecting a Measurement Function

Press a function button (white), shown in Figure 3-5, to select a measurement function To
select ac + dc total rms readings, press
When you select a function, annunciators turn on to indicate the function selected. If a
reading is shown on the secondary display when a function button is pressed, the
secondary display will be turned off.
Ranges and full scale values are summarized in Table 3-2 for voltage, Table 3-3 for
current, Table 3-4 for ohms, and Table 3-5 for frequency.

Ranging

(E, U, T)
Ranging operations are performed using the

Autoranging

When you are in the autorange mode, the AUTO annunciator is lit.
In autorange, the meter automatically selects the next higher range when a reading is
greater than full scale. If no higher range is available, "OL" (overload) is displayed on the
primary or secondary display. The meter automatically selects a lower range when a read-
ing is less than approximately 9 % of full scale.
Table 3-1. Input Limits
INPUT TERMINALS
V
and COM
V
and COM
100 mA and COM
10A and COM
V
and COM
V
and COM
Any terminal to earth
Operating the Meter From the Front Panel
Selecting a Measurement Function
MAXIMUM INPUT
1000V dc
750V ac rms, 1000V peak, 2 x 10
normal mode, or 1 x 10
mode (whichever is less)
300 mA dc or ac rms
10A dc or ac rms (or 20A dc or ac rms for
30 sec. Max)
500V dc or ac rms on all ranges
500V dc or ac rms
1000V dc or peak ac
and
, or
and
,
, and
buttons (see Figure 3-6).
7
V-Hz
6
V-Hz common
, simultaneously.
3
3-5

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