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DC or Peak Voltage
« on: June 05, 2013, 02:43:43 am »
My oscilloscope reads 3 volts on DC setting and 12 volts on + peak setting.. which one do I go by when driving a FET/Transistor?

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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 22:05:07 pm »
12v peak.
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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2013, 05:01:17 am »
so 12v peak volts is going to fully turn on a FET with a 3v DC reading? Ive lost one great FET ...s . I SHLD prolly post in forum issubut when I am here my typing goes all over the place and its very frustrating thinking its just this siterew is sometrhginjg definitely wromg here.
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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2013, 10:01:03 am »
Hmmm, what type of browser do you use, Kevin?


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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2013, 11:54:50 am »
I get that when using chrome..

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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2013, 12:00:23 pm »
Chrome under windows or MAC?   :(

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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2013, 12:09:04 pm »
Chrome under windows or MAC?   :(
Test test
This post is typed under windows chrome.....
No issues sofar... :)

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Re: DC or Peak Voltage
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2013, 16:08:08 pm »
yeah it's fixed now