You have decided to buy a new digital multimeter. You wanted it for a very long time. And here it is, in front of you, in a box. You open the box and you are eager to test it, and so you begin testing your brand new multimeter. Although the multimeter shows data, it seems very wrong.What is going …
I hate when my headlight stops working. It is a real bother to get to it, let alone change it. I am usually thinking of taking my car to the mechanic in such instances, but then I realised that it is just a light bulb. Yes, it is difficult to get to it, but once …
Setting up a new home can be very tough for young people who are moving for the first time in their lives. I know that I would have saved a lot of time if someone told me what are the things that I will need the most in my new home.Luckily for you, that’s why …
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If you have been testing the outlets to your new home and many of them do not work. Don’t fret! It is normal for these issues to exist. It might have even been your home your years, and maybe you have two bathrooms, one is GFI and the other is normal, but the outlets in both …
It is easy to ignore your flickering light, and the circuit breakers that trip more frequently than usual. But when you have a burning smell from inside your house, and you are sure you didn’t leave the toaster on, that would be difficult to ignore, you then check and discover it is from an electrical …
Electricity could always develop faults, most times all of a sudden. It could happen that the entire electrical power of your house suddenly stops, at least you know it is a general fault, and a technician could diagnose the problems for you. But what happens when a specific electrical outlet suddenly stops working? For example, the power …
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Multimeters are primarily used to measure current, voltage and resistance, including continuity and checking of diodes. Multimeters are frequently used by electricians for troubleshooting electrical appliances. There are two primary types of multimeters: analog and digital multimeters. With an analog multimeter, you’ll find a pointed needle and readings are read from the scale while in a …
An amp is the quantity of electrical current running through an electrical part at any given time. A multimeter is used to measure the amperage in any given electrical part. It is always safe to measure the amount of current flowing through a given wire to be certain that the wire is not handling more than …
Battery capacity refers to the maximum amount of charge that can be extracted from it, given specific conditions. Electrical technicians use milliamp-hours, denoted as mAh, to measure a battery’s operational lifetime. A battery’s lifetime can be measured by a multimeter, including a stopwatch and a resistor. The resistor acts as the load, the stopwatch measures time …
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Ohm is an electrical resistance between two points of a conductor. Resistance is measured in ohms denoted as. A multimeter can be used to test ohms by measuring the resistance of a particular conductor. It can be used to measure the accuracy and functionality of a resistor. Measurement of resistance is of great importance when you …