Electrolyte Challenge: orange juice vs. sports drinks

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What multimeter setting should the different drinks be set at?
What numbers would we be expecting from the multimeter, when running the tests?

[LeungWilley]

Hi Sarah,
You should be measuring in the direct current (DC) in the 200 milliamp range when you are measuring the electrolyte.
Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help!
Willey

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The reading is 1 (space, space, space) then a "." Everything comes up the same.
When I put it to DCV200 the distilled water is -7.9 and the gatorade is -7.4 , orange juice is -7.2 It seems that the readings are backward. Shouldn't the gatorade and orange juice be higher than the distilled water?

[LeungWilley]

Hi Sarah,
When you are seeing 1(space, space, space). It seems like the reading is out of range.
And just to confirm, are you using DCV or DCA? I believe the procedure calls for measuring conductance on the conductance side, i.e. DCA / right hand side of the meter.

Please let us know and Good Luck!
Willey