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. EEVblog meters: Cheap $20 meter AN8008: Fluke 101 for $50: Beware of multimeter burden voltage: The big beginner mistake with multimeters: Forum: 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 If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: Or with crypto: BTC: 33BsprBQNBtHuVzVwDmqWkpDjYnCouwASM ETH: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c BCH: 35n9KBPw9T7M3NGzpS3t4nUYEf9HbRmkm4 USDC: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c LTC: MJfK57ujxy55su4XicVGQc9wcEJf6mAoXF Web Site: Store: Other channels: EEVblog2: EEVdiscover: T-Shirts: #ElectronicsCreators #Multimeter #Beginner Теги: eevblog,video,multimeter,multimeter guide,multimeter tutorial,multimeter beginners guide,multimeter beginner,best beginner multimeter,dmm,digital multimeter,digital multimeter how to use,digital multimeter continuity test,digital multimeter review