>If it's really a current meter, then the voltage is found by ohm's law
>against the meter's resistance plus the added series resistance.

Yes indeed it is. My question was whether the polarity of the 
current/voltage is equal or opposite to that of the charge of the 
object brought close to the sense wire.

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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