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Electrolyte Challenge: orange juice vs. sports drinks
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 3:35 pm
by deleted-414490
What multimeter setting should the different drinks be set at?
What numbers would we be expecting from the multimeter, when running the tests?
Re: Electrolyte Challenge: orange juice vs. sports drinks
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:36 pm
by 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
Re: Electrolyte Challenge: orange juice vs. sports drinks
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:30 pm
by deleted-414490
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?
Re: Electrolyte Challenge: orange juice vs. sports drinks
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:46 am
by 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