Re: What do you think about this meter Feedback need
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Originally Posted by stj
if you put a standard meter on a car supply, it will say 12-14v
but if you put a meter with a waveform display you can see if the alternator is failing because you can see the dips between the 3 phases.
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In other words it would show you that you one or more diodes failing which would be very helpful determining if that was causing your battery to drain over night
But in general the output of an alternator is very noisy to being with any way but the wave form output would be different
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Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 01-22-2019 at 04:22 PM..
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