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012-12856 A

Basic Electrometer

ES-9078A

800-772-8700

www.pasco.com

*012-12856*

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Meter 

display

Digits 

display

Signal 

Output 

port

Voltage 

range 

indicators

Voltage 

range 

selector 

push 

button

ON-OFF push 

button

Ground 

port

Signal 

Input 

port

Access to 

battery 

compartment

ZERO 
button

Included Items

Included Items

Basic Electrometer

Banana Plug Patch Cord*

BNC to Alligator Clip Cable*

Alligator Clip*

Grounding Cable*

AA-Cell Alkaline Battery (4) (not shown)

Interface Cable*

(*shown on page 2)

Summary of Contents for ES-9078A

Page 1: ...age range indicators Voltage range selector push button ON OFF push button Ground port Signal Input port Access to battery compartment ZERO button Included Items Included Items Basic Electrometer Bana...

Page 2: ...d which can be easily replaced by open ing the back casing of the electrometer The Basic Electrometer includes four cables and a spare alligator clip The Banana Plug Patch Cord connects to the Ground...

Page 3: ...he light emitting diode LED of the meter display will align with the 0 mark and the digits display will show 0 0 You re now ready to use the electrometer to mea sure charge current or voltage 5 Press...

Page 4: ...he electrometer reading will generally remain relatively unchanged This is because the total capacitance is only negligibly affected by the proof plane This may not always be the case however Any char...

Page 5: ...capacitance provided by the electrometer and all instruments connected to it If you are interested in qualitative rather than quantitative experiments this procedure is not necessary When a known capa...

Page 6: ...olts Changing the range switch on the electrometer has no effect on this scaling By choosing the Electrometer icon in DataStudio data acquisition software displays are shown correctly scaled Because o...

Page 7: ...cers together Lower the disk of one of the Charge Producers into the Faraday Ice Pail Watch the Meter display of voltage Remove the first Charge Producer and put the second Charge Producer into the Fa...

Page 8: ...er brands products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners For more information visit www pasco com legal...

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