Battery voltage increases when voltmeter connected

[damosuz]

When I connect a AA rechargeable battery directly to a voltmeter, voltage increases slowly, regardless of the way I connect it. I can't figure out why.

 

[berkeman]

When I connect a AA rechargeable battery directly to a voltmeter, voltage increases slowly, regardless of the way I connect it. I can't figure out why.

Increases from what to what? And what do you mean by "regardless of the way I connect it"? There aren't that many ways to connect a DVM to a battery...

 

[OmCheeto]

When I connect a AA rechargeable battery directly to a voltmeter, voltage increases slowly, regardless of the way I connect it. I can't figure out why.

This happened to me last year when I was measuring the voltage on a car battery.
It turned out the battery in my voltmeter was going dead.
Replacing the battery in the voltmeter made the problem go away.

 

[CWatters]

Sometimes the heat from your hand is enough to boost the chemical reaction in the battery increasing the voltage.

 

[Averagesupernova]

Increases from what to what? And what do you mean by "regardless of the way I connect it"? There aren't that many ways to connect a DVM to a battery...

Correctly anyway. I wondered the same thing.