It's been more than 1 year since I purchased the Keysight 34461A DMM. It is officially out of calibration now. Time to do a quick measurement. I powered up the voltage calibration box (the Digikey box) and the DMM for six hours prior to taking a measurement. Here's the results:
DIgikey Box:
Ambient Temp: 68°F(20C)
DMM settings: 100PLC, Auto Input Z (High Z)
Reading (not averaged) Scale
99.9994mV (nulled) 100mV
1.000011V 1V
2.49976V 10V
4.99940V 10V
10.00003V 10V
These are not very far off from the six month readings.
AliExpress Box:
(same settings and ambient temp as above, soak time 4 hours)
Reading Scale
100.00181mV (avg/20 samples) 100mV Nulled
1.000035V (avg/20 samples) 1V
2.50014V 10V
10.000114V (avg/20 samples) 10V
Current Reference(all readings 100plc, averaged with 20 samples):
Reading Scale
10.001474mA 10mA
0.999977mA 1mA
99.99313µA 100µA
General Conclusions:
All of the voltage references seem to be very stable now. No significant difference between the USA components and the Chinese components. The current readings are drifting a bit, but the specs of the 34461A are quite a bit looser for current than voltage. The only way to tell for sure is to compare readings to a calibrated DMM with >6.5digit capability. That's not happening anytime soon.
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Under a millivolt drift in a year, pretty nice!
Are you sure? yes | no
Yes...either the two instruments are stable, or they are drifting in the same direction.
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