What Is a Multimeter
Every repairman should be familiar with a multimeter, which has multiple applications for checking electronic components and circuits. Today, we'll go over three of the most fundamental multimeter features for evaluating continuity. Resistance and voltage Let's begin with a continuity test.
Continuity Test
A continuity test determines whether or not two objects are electrically linked. An electrical current can flow freely from one end to the other if something is continuous. If there is no continuity, this indicates that there is a break somewhere in the circuit.
This might suggest anything from a blown fuse or a poor solder joint to a broken cable that prevents a continuity test from being performed. Begin by connecting your probes. The black probe is inserted into the negative terminal labeled "labeled common" or "common," while the red probe is inserted into the volts ohms milliamps terminal. Check if your dial is in the continuous mode, which is generally denoted by a sound wave symbol. If your screen is like mine, it will have one on the left side of the screen. The multimeter checks for continuity bypassing a little current through one probe and seeing if the other probe receives it. Touching the probes together will demonstrate this. We hear a buzzer and get a readout.
The probes that are linked form a complete circuit. The LCD should show a value of zero or close to zero, and the multimeter should beep. If this happens, you'll have continuity. If you don't hear a beep and the display stays at one or changes to O L, you have an open loop. We can tell from this damaged cable that there is no continuity reading, but perhaps we can rescue the rest of the cable. So, before the break, we're going to test the cables.
We receive a buzzer and a reading that is close to zero. You may also test DC voltage using your multimeter. It's difficult to determine how much energy is left in your battery, so use your multimeter to check the voltage before discarding it. Begin by plugging in your probes. Read the leads to the port labeled with volts, ohms, and mil amps symbols. If you have an auto-ranging multimeter, excellent; if not, you'll need to choose the right range for the voltage you anticipate to measure; if you're unsure, start with the highest setting and move lower to acquire a more precise result. If you go too low, your multimeter will display "oh L," which simply indicates that the voltage is out of range. Also, if you're monitoring voltage, make sure your meter isn't set to amp mode.
This might easily cause your meter to blow a fuse during the test. If I found this 9-volt battery in a drawer, I have no clue if it's safe to test it. The red probe is connected to the positive terminal, while the black probe is connected to the negative. If you obtain a negative reading, it simply implies that the leads are reversed. Because this is a fresh new 9-volt battery, the readout is barely above 9 volts. Resistance is measured in ohms and is represented by this symbol on a multimeter. To test resistance, you must select the range in the same way as you do for voltage.
If the multimeter reads close to zero, the range is set too wide for accurate measurement. Reduce the setting on the dial. It makes no difference which probes are used when resistance is asymmetric. You now understand how to use a multimeter.
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