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ES-9078A

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Copyright

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012-12856A Basic Electrometer Instruction Manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. Permission is granted to non-profit educa-
tional institutions for reproduction of any part of this manual, providing the reproductions are used only in their laboratories and 
classrooms, and are not sold for profit. Reproduction under any other circumstances, without the written consent of PASCO scien-
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Product End of Life Disposal Instructions

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This electronic product is subject to disposal and recycling regulations that vary by country and region. It is 
your responsibility to recycle your electronic equipment per your local environmental laws and regulations to 
ensure that it will be recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment. To find out where 
you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact your local waste recycle/disposal service, 
or the place where you purchased the product.

The European Union WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) symbol and on the product or its 
packaging indicates that this product 

must not

 be disposed of in a standard waste container

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Fax:

(916) 786-7565

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Email:

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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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