Volt meter

[RocketRod]

I recently purchased a 510/510 volt meter from a well known vendor. I tried it on ego/riva 650/900/1100 mAh & a usb 5v pass through. The lights just flash and don't display a voltage. I asked the vendor and their reply was that it won't work on ego or passthrough. I haven't found a disclaimer on that yet. Doesn't sound right to me. Anyone else experience this?

 

[sanjosse]

RR,

I've read elsewhere on here that it's because how the the power is supplied to the atty. It's pulsed or something to that effect.

Sorry I couldn't be more specific.

 

[dotma]

yeah if it is an underload meter -- i got one from vapor moon and it says on the site that it will not work on ego type devices because of the pulsed whatever ya call it.

 

[Dougiestyle]

I bet if you put it on a PV with a linear regulator, you'd have positive results. Switching regulators give ulra-rapid pulses of current. This makes a linear meter difficult to catch one pulse.

 

[RocketRod]

You all may be right! I could have sworn I've seen them used in video's on ego/riva types. Oh well lesson learned. Thanks to you all!

 

[sanjosse]

Hey RR, I did some googling and found a VIDEO made by Basilray and he was testing an ego batt but he had one of those under-load devices.

 

[RocketRod]

I just watched that, very informative. Nice info on the GLV2 too, as that is on my radar screen right now.