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March 2004
Multimeters
How to use them
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March 2004
The Multimeter
We have black and yellow ones – the black ones are the ‘newest’…
Some of the yellow ones have ‘use only as an ammeter’ written on them… look at such advice!
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March 2004
‘COM’
• Always start by putting a wire into the ‘com’ connection – this is common to its use as a voltmeter and ammeter.
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March 2004
Use as an ammeter
• You already have one wire in the ‘com’. You need to put another wire in the terminal with ’10A’ on it
• Then turn the dial to 10A
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March 2004
Ammeter• The ammeter is placed in series in a circuit –
never put it in parallel – it is of such low resistance that it will cause a short circuit and could make your power pack ‘blow’ or a battery get very hot!
• You have to make a gap in your circuit to add it in. Put it next to the component you wish to investigate.
• It tells you the rate at which the charge is moving through your component (how fast the charge is moving)
• A ‘typical’ low current is 0.1A• A high current is anything more than 1A – 5A
will make the wires smell and/or melt!
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March 2004
Use as a voltmeter
• You already have one wire in the ‘com’. You need to put another wire in the terminal with a V on it
• Then turn the dial to 20V
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March 2004
Voltmeter
• The voltmeter is placed in parallel around the component you are investigating. Never put it in series – it has such a high resistance it will cut the flow of current down to a trickle!
• It tells you the potential difference across the component – the ‘electrical slope’ that makes charge move through it.
• It is always the last part of a circuit that you wire up and can be added or removed without changing the action of the circuit itself.
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March 2004
Always turn the dial ‘off’ after use
• These multimeters operate on 9V batteries.
• They are expensive to run all day and night!
• Make sure they are ‘off’ when you are not using them