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title: "How to Measure Sound with a Handheld Meter | Workbench Wednesday #26"
description: "One of the loudest pieces of equipment on Bald Engineer's electronics workbench is the (/electronic-load-basics.html). James has finally had it with its noise and decided to…"
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author: "James Lewis"
date: "2020-07-07T21:31:00Z"
lastmod: "2022-04-01T21:34:14Z"
categories: ["blog","element14","workbench-wednesdays","videos"]
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# How to Measure Sound with a Handheld Meter | Workbench Wednesday #26


One of the loudest pieces of equipment on Bald Engineer's electronics workbench is the [Electronic DC Load](/electronic-load-basics.html). James has finally had it with its noise and decided to swap the fan out. To see (and not just hear) an improvement, he uses a Tenma [72-942](https://www.element14.com/community/view-product.jspa?fsku=2083810&nsku=80R7555&COM=noscript) handheld sound meter to compare before and after.

[Full notes on element14 community](https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/element14-presents/workbenchwednesdays/w/documents/4965/workbench-wednesday-26-how-to-measure-sound-with-a-handheld-meter?ICID=baldengineer)