Multimeters ref O.L

[THRIPSTER]

I think you'll find that OL means 'Over Limit'. It does not mean over loaded.

 

[aptsys]

I think you'll find it doesn't. (although many think it does)

 

[tim west]

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/fluke/pdf/43bAPPZ.pdf

Page 14 (pdf page 17/81) states:

The Fluke 43B should display OL (Over Load)

It doesn't really matter what interpretation you take OL to mean as long as you realise it means the meter is unable to display the value at that particular range

To help the OP understand, Meters have ranges either manually or auto in order to give more accurate readings with lower values say for instance voltage readings, if the voltage being read is very low then millivolts may influence the circuit and be of importance so you would want to read the values to several decimal places to achieve this different internal component with finer values and tolerances are needed, with a higher voltage being read then decimal point places become less important millivolts or the decimal part are ignored and more coarser component values are used, after all you don't want to have to read a mains voltage with loads of numbers after the decimal point just the most significant ones.

 

[aptsys]

http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/fluke/pdf/43bAPPZ.pdf

Page 14 (pdf page 17/81) states:

The Fluke 43B should display OL (Over Load)

Says that in just about every other manual too.

 

[tim west]

Yep, just first example i came across.

Perhaps it should more accurately be displayed OD (albeit the limitations of displaying it as readable) as in overdriving the electronics of the meter?

 

[mattylad]

I think you'll find that OL means 'Over Limit'. It does not mean over loaded.

Doh, did you miss my post explaining exactly what it meant with the links to Flukes manual?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Oh Lord....