EEVblog 1636 – Ultimate Multimeter Beginners Guide

The ultimate beginners guide to multimeters. What are they, how to choose one, and how to use them to measure electrical things.

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00:00 – The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Multimeters
00:35 – Display Counts Explained
01:17 – Range Switch or Push Button?
01:43 – Don’t get a rechargable type or permanent backlight
02:05 – Autoranging vs Manual Ranging
03:05 – Multimeter Probes
03:36 – Rubber Holster vs Overmoulded Rubber
03:50 – Battery powered & Auto Power Off
04:06 – What can a Multimeter Measure? Voltage, Resistance and Current
04:55 – Do you need Current measurement?
05:38 – Capacitance & Continuity
06:39 – Continuity Testing Demonstrated
07:08 – Diode and LED testing
07:59 – Thermocouple Temperature Measurement
08:37 – Non-Contact Electric Field (NCV) Testing
08:57- Frequency, Duty Cycle, and Min/Max/Avg
09:18 – True RMS vs Average Responding
10:13 – Practical usage demonstrated
10:47 – Modern Multimeters are very robust
11:10 – Here is where it gets dangerous, current measurement.
12:55 – CAT Safety rating and fuses
14:23 – UL and ETL Testing Certification
14:43 – BEWARE of Battery LEAKAGE!
15:00 – Don’t measure Ohms in-circuit
15:43 – Auto Touch Hold
16:17 – DC Voltage Measurements
17:35 – AC Voltage Measurement
18:08 – Current measurement demonstrated
19:50 – Capacitance measurements demonstrated
21:20 – Ohms cable measurement
22:07 – Manual ranging demonstrated
23:02 – Bargraph function
23:45 – Conclusion and Recommendations

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