How to Measure Current with a Multimeter

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
  • This video shows how to measure DC current with a manual-ranging multimeter.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 40

  • @Science.Buddies
    @Science.Buddies  5 днів тому

    Full-length multimeter tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/ts0EVc9vXcs/v-deo.html

  • @TheBalconyWorkspace
    @TheBalconyWorkspace Рік тому +34

    but this meter doesn't have a fuse on 10A jack lol.
    anyway starting from the largest range is really good habit and few people talk about that these days

    • @niranjanaarulnambi7309
      @niranjanaarulnambi7309 Рік тому

      Why should the meter have a fuse on the 10A jack?
      Just curious

    • @TheBalconyWorkspace
      @TheBalconyWorkspace Рік тому +13

      @@niranjanaarulnambi7309 Well this happens from time to time - measuring voltage after measuring current , the probe is still in 10A jack but you forget to plug it into Volt jack. Here your multimeter actually forms as an ammeter instead of a voltmeter as you think it would be. Ammeter has really low internal resistance and connecting an ammeter across voltage source (to measure voltage) performs a short circuit, causing arcs and damage . But with a fuse in series, it burns when current is too high to stop this short circuit and to protect both you and your stuff.

    • @YOUTUBE4HENRY
      @YOUTUBE4HENRY Рік тому +1

      so always use ORGINAL MULTIMETER

    • @niconine268
      @niconine268 9 місяців тому

      Yes thanks for that tip

    • @niconine268
      @niconine268 9 місяців тому

      ​@@niranjanaarulnambi7309 Damned if i know. Im learning

  • @BedsitBob
    @BedsitBob 2 місяці тому +1

    Or you could measure the voltage drop across the LED, and use Ohms law to calculate the current.

  • @Theonecalledjeff
    @Theonecalledjeff 12 днів тому

    Thank you! Your vídeo helped me a lot!

  • @asooose
    @asooose 8 місяців тому +2

    do u know how we can directly measure the current of a battery?

    • @farhad6365
      @farhad6365 8 місяців тому +1

      yes i also wondering how it is done.... if we directly connect the multimeter probes to the battery +, - then it shows some value then the value is constantly decrease..... i think it is not the correct way... please help if anybody have any resources to know that...

    • @Science.Buddies
      @Science.Buddies  7 місяців тому +7

      You need to connect the battery to a load (like a resistor) and put the multimeter in series with it. If you connect the probes directly to the battery and set the multimeter to measure current, you are effectively short-circuiting the battery and will blow the fuse in your multimeter.

    • @farhad6365
      @farhad6365 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Science.Buddies thank you for your clarification.... you saved my multimeter.....

  • @niconine268
    @niconine268 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks clear tutorial

  • @Aspirantsofsucess112
    @Aspirantsofsucess112 Рік тому +2

    Need descriptions of that code here in comment so we can watch full video.kindly share it here

    • @Science.Buddies
      @Science.Buddies  Рік тому +1

      Not quite sure if this is what you were asking for, but here is our full length tutorial video: ua-cam.com/video/ts0EVc9vXcs/v-deo.html

  • @muhidinsultan2049
    @muhidinsultan2049 3 місяці тому

    I like ur expression bro Mr Tuitor

  • @bowi1332
    @bowi1332 Рік тому

    Thanks.

  • @jumbo999614
    @jumbo999614 2 місяці тому

    I'm try to adjust current for my buck converter. Does it require to have a load in series?

  • @godslight6293
    @godslight6293 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @diogeneslamp8241
    @diogeneslamp8241 8 місяців тому +2

    Free at harbor freight! Oh yea the good old days- now have to step up and pay $4

  • @im__adarshh_
    @im__adarshh_ 6 місяців тому +1

    What if you get zero in 10 amp

  • @bharatbosamia8814
    @bharatbosamia8814 Рік тому +1

    My multimeter current range digits auto increase without prob touching..
    Anyone have solution

  • @Felipe77646
    @Felipe77646 9 місяців тому

    woah i have this same multimeter

    • @funkblack
      @funkblack 8 місяців тому

      They one made millions of them

  • @faceprofesor
    @faceprofesor 7 місяців тому

    Does it mean that your led consumes 23 mA per second?

    • @Science.Buddies
      @Science.Buddies  7 місяців тому

      amperes (A), the unit of electric current, measure flow of charge (coulombs) per second, so mA (milliamps) is already "per second."

    • @faceprofesor
      @faceprofesor 7 місяців тому

      Ok, thank you for the explanaition. So just to confirm, the consumption of a single led is 23 Ampers?

    • @Science.Buddies
      @Science.Buddies  7 місяців тому +1

      23 milliamps. One milliamp (mA) is one thousandth of an amp (A).

  • @sagarbochare7671
    @sagarbochare7671 Рік тому +2

    You had change the prob

    • @ayeeiou9147
      @ayeeiou9147 7 місяців тому

      Yup and he gave no explanation as to why he changed it.

    • @techedphysics4981
      @techedphysics4981 4 місяці тому

      He did explain. Where he initially placed the red probe is where you do when you're measuring current in the range of ampere(you can see the marking as 10A). The latter is for small currents, that is mA.

  • @user-kl3cq7ll9b
    @user-kl3cq7ll9b Рік тому +1

    Meter name

    • @Science.Buddies
      @Science.Buddies  Рік тому

      This is a DT830L meter (look closely at the meter in the video and you will see the model number).

    • @gordongecko9405
      @gordongecko9405 Рік тому

      This is terrible shit.
      Buy/use at least e.g. UNI-T UT33

    • @diogeneslamp8241
      @diogeneslamp8241 8 місяців тому

      Harbor freight! Oh yea

  • @Lmmixs
    @Lmmixs 11 місяців тому

    Then how to measure ampere-hour (ah)

    • @CHARLES-ch9zg
      @CHARLES-ch9zg 9 місяців тому

      That is just the amount of current per hour so its not really measureable

  • @jamescole8049
    @jamescole8049 6 місяців тому

    I feel retarded now. I was getting frustrated it wouldn’t measure amps. I bought this little cheapo thing specifically for that because my good one doesn’t do that. I’m a contractor and only deal with AC so I’m unfamiliar with measuring DC.