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what does 31/2 digits mean?

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Eric R Snow

Jan 1, 1970
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I know it's a dumb question. But I see meters with 31/2, 41/2 and even
43/4 digits displays. So what is the 1/2 digit?
Thank You,
Eric R Snow,
Feeling dumb, but wanting to know
 
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Christoph Loew

Jan 1, 1970
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Eric said:
I know it's a dumb question. But I see meters with 31/2, 41/2 and even
43/4 digits displays. So what is the 1/2 digit?
Thank You,
Eric R Snow,
Feeling dumb, but wanting to know

No need to feel dumb, good question.


3 1/2 digits :

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three full digits plus one digit that can only be
0 (digit off) or 1:

range 0 to 1999

see
http://www.inotek.com/Catalog/Photos/triplett2202.gif


4 3/4 digits :

] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []

four full digits plus one digit that can only range
from 0 (digit off) to 3:

range 0 to 39999

see
http://www.neiparts.com/tech_tools/images/my68.jpg


Chris
 
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Eric R Snow

Jan 1, 1970
0
Eric said:
I know it's a dumb question. But I see meters with 31/2, 41/2 and even
43/4 digits displays. So what is the 1/2 digit?
Thank You,
Eric R Snow,
Feeling dumb, but wanting to know

No need to feel dumb, good question.


3 1/2 digits :

| [] [] []
| [] [] []

three full digits plus one digit that can only be
0 (digit off) or 1:

range 0 to 1999

see
http://www.inotek.com/Catalog/Photos/triplett2202.gif


4 3/4 digits :

] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []

four full digits plus one digit that can only range
from 0 (digit off) to 3:

range 0 to 39999

see
http://www.neiparts.com/tech_tools/images/my68.jpg


Chris
Thank You Chris.
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