What is it?

[rnvinc]

Here's a pic of my volt meter actually hooked up to the converter....



I have the meter set on the 50 scale DC and by reading the 50 scale on the meter it still looks to me like it's reading 22v .....

Am I reading this meter wrong...??

[Barnacle Bill]

Here's a pic of my volt meter actually hooked up to the converter....



I have the meter set on the 50 scale DC and by reading the 50 scale on the meter it still looks to me like it's reading 22v .....

Am I reading this meter wrong...??

You are reading it correctly. Is there any adjustments on the back?

[Goldeneye]

I think your looking at the wrong line, the top scale I think is ohms, the 2nd. line reads about 125. ( which is really 12.5) I think if you turn your dial to the next scale (250) It would read 12.5. maybe. ( P.S. I'm no electrician, so I might be completly wrong )

["G"]

When you set your meter on the 50 DCV scale...before you connect the wires...is your meter reading zero? If not you need to turn the plastic screw on the bottom of your meter face and zero your meter....this should calibrate it.....then connect your wires and take your reading. Also....are your leads in the right holes? the black lead on common ground and the red one on DC POS ?

[rnvinc]

When you set your meter on the 50 DCV scale...before you connect the wires...is your meter reading zero? If not you need to turn the plastic screw on the bottom of your meter face and zero your meter....this should calibrate it.....then connect your wires and take your reading. Also....are your leads in the right holes? the black lead on common ground and the red one on DC POS ?

OK..so I checked the manual and made sure I had the leads in the right holes and I zeroed the meter with the plastic screw under the pointer ...

I still reads 22v on the 50 scale......

Just for an experiment I set my dial to 250v DC and the needle moved to read 22v on the 250 scale..

I'm worried if I hook this thing up to a 12v DV devise that 22v would destroy whatever I have it hooked to......