Using A High Voltage Probe - Connecting To A Modern Multimeter And An Old Analog Meter
Channel: More Than Electronics
Date: 2024-01-27

How a high voltage probe divides the voltage down to something your meter can handle.
Discuss using a probe on a modern 10Megohm input multimeter. 
Why the probe shown matches the old 20kOhm per volt meter so well.
Safety first when working around high voltages.

A few things that may use higher voltage than a typical multimeter can tolerate -
Microwave Oven
Electrostatic Air Cleaner
Laser Printer
Cathode Ray Tube - older oscilloscope etc
Tube/Valve Based RF Amplifier
Neon Sign
Gas Laser - CO2  Helium-Neon  etc


0:00 Introduction
0:30 Schematic of probe and meter
0:56 Measurement to prove probe
1:24 100:1 probe on typical meter
2:26 Connect probe to Simpson meter
3:01 Circuit discussion