[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Ether

Some DVM's use half-wave rectification for AC, and if you have the DVM leads connected the wrong way you'll read zero volts. If you use DC, you'll read voltage regardless of polarity.

Good to know... I've seen with mine set to DC the results can be inconsistent, as the sampling period doesn't handle square wave forms very nicely. With AC, I've always seen decent results for quick testing. It just goes to show that testing I might do for a team in their pit can't necessarily translate very well over the internet!