How to Use?

Student:
Jorge Campos

Teacher :
UFCD 5123 - English in the professional context Teresa
Albuquerque
The most basic things we measure are:

 Voltage

 Current

 Resistance

 Continuity

 Capacity

 Temperature

 Frequency

A multimeter’s is also great for some checks and troubleshooting in electric circuit’s.
The most basic things we measure are:
The most basic things we measure are:

 Voltage
The most basic things we measure are:

 Voltage
Parts of Multimeter:

 Display

 Selector Switch and Key’s

 Connections for test probes

 Cover protection in ruber

Measuring Voltage

 To start, let’s measure voltage on a AA battery:

 Plug the black probe into COM and the red probe into connector (mA–V – Ω)

 Set the multimeter to the Max. DC (direct current) range or select autorange
What happens if you switch the red and black probes?

 The reading on the multimeter is simply negative.

 The multimeter measures voltage in relation to the

common probe.
Measuring Resistance:

 Isolate the component or circuit section that requires measurement

to ensure a correct reading occurs.
 Avoid touching the metal probes of the ohmmeter as this may lead to
a false reading.
 If the multimeter reads 1 or displays OL, it’s overloaded, simply
means the range switch selector needs to be adjusted.
 Remember that many resistors have a % tolerance
Measuring Current:

 The connections of the test probes, on a range in mA and A

mA A
Measuring Current flow:

 Reading current

 It’s tricky because you have to measure current in series.

 You have to physically interrupt the flow of current and put

the meter in line.
Measuring current with a current clamp:

 The adapter enables the easy exchange of

current measurement in AC current
Measuring capacity:

 The Capacitance is the measure of how much electrical energy is

stored in a capacitor used in an electronic circuit.

 The unit for measuring capacitance is the farad.

Probe Types

 The test Probes models

Continuity by testing the resistance between two points

 The multimeter is looking for very low resistance to see if two points
are connected.

 If we don’t have resistance between two point’s, a tone like beep

will ears, until you maintain the probes in the circuit.

 For example Test a switch

Changing the fuses protection on the multimeter

 Depends of the models

 Consulting the manual of the equipment to see the exact
characteristics of the fuses.
 Don´t install fuses with a different values of the recommend by the
supplier, because when you have a problem could damage the
equipment.
The auto ranging multimeters?

 A good click on the range selector is actually a major plus in our

book

 Auto-off is a great feature that is rarely seen on cheaper

multimeters.

 Internationals iso Certifies

 A bag to transports
Another similar equipment's?

 This is another type of equipment to do measurements on electric

circuits or electronic components

This current clamp This multimeter / digital / table

is used by the electricians is used by Electronic technicians
 Indicator Scale

Indicator
Pointer
(needle) Indicator Scale

Manual Adjustment
Manual Adjustment of Zero Point
of Zero Point in
Scale of Ohms