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- Sun Sep 08, 2019 9:57 pm
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
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Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
Sluckey's version with model -061 does in fact work like a charm. Thanks. I knew I should have bought that one in the place. 
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 4:59 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
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Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
Y'all got me interested in adding a meter to my old vatiac. So I got the PZEM-061 model that uses a current sense loop rather than a built in sense resistor. The wiring is much more straightforward than the wiring for the PZEM-021. I did the zero mod on mine and it works very well. Here's a short p...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:54 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 13206
Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
So for me, the backlight is flashing, but the entire display turns off around 100VAC output. I'm just going to undo the mod for now. Not sure what's going on, but I agree with ChasW, it's not that important to me to see those low voltages, and I have a bulb limiter to limit current anyway. Is your ...
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:04 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 13206
Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
I also can't tell if it's just the blue backlight flickering, or the entire display. Quickly push the button to turn the backlight off/on. So for me, the backlight is flashing, but the entire display turns off around 100VAC output. I'm just going to undo the mod for now. Not sure what's going on, b...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:03 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
- Replies: 70
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Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
What sure of enclosure? Desktop or rackmount?
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:01 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
- Replies: 70
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Re: Tangent alert: Sanity check on adding DMM display to a variac?
I performed this mod today per the schematic and details posted above. The schematic made sense, the video not so much. First I did the 4 wire hookup to meter and it worked as expected with panel powering up and working at around 45v and was good all the to max 145vac. After that I did the full Mont...