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Originally Posted by Tungrus
No voltmeter (DVM or Analog) will short if its used to measure voltage between two points
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phestnes already clarified what he meant:
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Originally Posted by phestnes
I'm just referring to a simple multimeter design that would effectively place a resistor in parallel with your measurement points. A floating ground would then "ground itself" to the other connected terminal. It isn't a real short.
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...and what he said above
can happen with a low ohms-per-volt inexpensive analog voltmeter.