Replacement Battery

[Keith Heitzmann]

At 01:48 PM 3/3/98 -0800, Allen, KJ6XH wrote:

>Years ago, Heathkit recommended an ordinary 1.5 volt
>D-size battery to calibrate their VTVM. They claimed
>a brand-new fresh cell actually put-out 1.55 volts
>and had a calibration dot just above the 1.5 volt
>scale.
>
>Allen

Yes this will work, I have a V-7A VTVM and the 1.5v battery works just great.
Allen is right, though, using a fresh battery gives better results.

Keith  KK5FE

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