- "kiloohm" and "megaohm" is
commonly simplified,
producing "kilohm" and "
megohm". In
alternating current circuits,
electrical impedance is also measured...
- (rather than a 1
megohm)
input impedance). High-impedance
scope probes are
designed for the
conventional 1
megohm oscilloscope, but the 1
megohm input impedance...
- (0.75
megohm per 250 V) is
added in the path to
ground to
protect the
wearer from
excessive currents; this
typically takes the form of a 4
megohm resistor...
-
known as a
megohm. Ultra-pure
water could achieve 18
megohms or more. Thus in the past,
megohm-cm was used,
sometimes abbreviated to "
megohm". Sometimes...
- and a
resistance of 1
megohm. To
minimize loading,
attenuator probes (e.g., 10× probes) are used. A
typical probe uses a 9
megohm series resistor shunted...
- A grid leak
resistor and
capacitor unit from 1926. The 2
megohm cartridge resistor is
replaceable so the user can try
different values. The
parallel capacitor...
- An
insulation test set; in this pattern, a hand-cranked
generator provides the high
voltage and the
scale is
directly calibrated in
megohms....
- momentary) is the one-shot
trigger switch,
closed position is active. R1 a one
megohm linear potentiometer sets the
actual one-shot
timing (in
series with fixed...
- are used.
Acceptable insulator resistance values are
typically 1 to 10
megohms,
depending on the
standards referenced.
Resistance to be
measured is connected...
-
engineers began to use
capital M for the
prefix mega-, as in
megawatt and
megohm. This
usage became so
widely and
firmly adopted that in 1935 the CIPM adopted...
