8845A/8846A 
Users Manual 
1-14 
8845A Accuracy 
Accuracy is given as ± (% measurement + % of range) 
Range 
Frequency 
(Hz) 
24 Hour 
(23 ±1 °C) 
90 Days 
(23 ±5 °C) 
1 Year 
(23 ±5 °C) 
Temperature 
Coefficient/ °C  
Outside 18 to 28 °C 
3 – 5 Hz  1.0 + 0.03  1.0 + 0.04  1.0 + 0.04  0.10 + 0.004 
5 – 10 Hz  0.35 + 0.03  0.35 + 0.04  0.35 + 0.04  0.035 + 0.004 
10  Hz – 20 kHz  0.04 + 0.03  0.05 + 0.04  0.06 + 0.04  0.005 + 0.004 
20 – 50 kHz  0.1 + 0.05  0.11 + 0.05  0.12 + 0.05  0.011 + 0.005 
50 – 100 kHz  0.55 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.06 + 0.008 
100 mV 
100 – 300 kHz 
[1]
  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  0.2 + 0.02 
3 – 5 Hz  1.0 + 0.02  1.0 + 0.03  1.0 + 0.03  0.1 + 0.003 
5 – 10 Hz  0.35 + 0.02  0.35 + 0.03  0.35 + 0.03  0.035 + 0.003 
10  Hz – 20 kHz  0.04 + 0.02  0.05 + 0.03  0.06 + 0.03  0.005 + 0.003 
20 – 50 kHz  0.1 + 0.04  0.11 + 0.05  0.12 + 0.05  0.011 + 0.005 
50 – 100 kHz  0.55 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.06 + 0.008 
1 V 
100 – 300 kHz 
[1]
  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  0.2 + 0.02 
3 – 5 Hz  1.0 + 0.02  1.0 + 0.03  1.0 + 0.03  0.1 + 0.003 
5 – 10 Hz  0.35 + 0.02  0.35 + 0.03  0.35 + 0.03  0.035 + 0.003 
10  Hz – 20 kHz  0.04 + 0.02  0.05 + 0.03  0.06 + 0.03  0.005 + 0.003 
20 – 50 kHz  0.1 + 0.04  0.11 + 0.05  0.12 + 0.05  0.011 + 0.005 
50 – 100 kHz  0.55 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.06 + 0.008 
10 V 
100 – 300 kHz 
[1]
  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  0.2 + 0.02 
3 – 5 Hz  1.0 + 0.02  1.0 + 0.03  1.0 + 0.03  0.1 + 0.003 
5 – 10 Hz  0.35 + 0.02  0.35 + 0.03  0.35 + 0.03  0.035 + 0.003 
10  Hz – 20 kHz  0.04 + 0.02  0.05 + 0.03  0.06 + 0.03  0.005 + 0.003 
20 – 50 kHz  0.1 + 0.04  0.11 + 0.05  0.12 + 0.05  0.011 + 0.005 
50 – 100 kHz  0.55 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.06 + 0.008 
100 V 
100 – 300 kHz 
[1]
  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  4.0 + 0.50  0.2 + 0.02 
3 –- 5 Hz  1.0 + 0.02  1.0 + 0.03  1.0 + 0.03  0.1 + 0.003 
5 – 10 Hz  0.35 + 0.02  0.35 + 0.03  0.35 + 0.03  0.035 + 0.003 
10  Hz – 20 kHz  0.04 + 0.02  0.05 + 0.03  0.06 + 0.03  0.005 + 0.003 
20 – 50 kHz  0.1 + 0.04  0.11 + 0.05  0.12 + 0.05  0.011 + 0.005 
50 – 100 kHz
 [2]
  0.55 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.6 + 0.08  0.06 + 0.008 
750 V 
100 – 300 kHz 
[1] [2] 
  4.0 + 0.5  4.0 + 0.5  4.0 + 0.5  0.2 + 0.02 
[1] Typically 30 % reading error at 1 MHz 
[2]  750 Volt range is limited to 8 X 10
7
 volt-Hertz 
Additional Low Frequency Errors 
Error is stated as % of reading. 
AC Filter 
Frequency 
3 HZ (slow)  20 HZ (medium) 200 HZ (fast) 
10 – 20 Hz  0  0.25  –  
20 – 40 Hz  0  0.02  – 
40 – 100 Hz  0  0.01  0.55 
100 – 200 Hz  0  0  0.2 
200 Hz – 1 kHz  0  0  0.02 
>1 kHz  0 0 0