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Author Topic: Checking Lamp Voltage Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-11-2007 07:33 PM                     Can someone tell me if the correct way to check the lamp voltage with a handheld volt meter is to place the meter leads directly on the bulb terminals after ignition with the meter set for DC voltage?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-11-2007 08:42 PM                        That will certainly work; preferred: check across the rectifier output after igniting. Louis  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-11-2007 08:53 PM                     It's worth stressing: do not leave the meter connected to the circuit during ignition. Otherwise you can fry your DVM. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-11-2007 09:16 PM                        quote: John Hawkinson It's worth stressing: do not leave the meter connected to the circuit during ignition. Otherwise you can fry your DVM. And shock yourself.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-11-2007 09:42 PM                     Thanks Louis. That seems to be a safer route. Yeah, I remember reading somewhere that or maybe it was when I went up to Strong last spring for one their traning seminars that the ignitor sends a "burst" of somewhere on the order of 30,000 volts to ignite, so I figured it had to be measured after ignition. But thanks to John and well...John for looking out for my safety.  |  IP: Logged

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