Reading Resistance with Multimeter

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  • General_T
    Member
    • Sep 2013
    • 36
    • Canada
    #1

    Reading Resistance with Multimeter

    Hi,

    I am new to this and am trying some very basic projects to get some sort of understanding with electronics.

    I put a 1k ohm resistor on to a breadboard to see what the resistance would be. I assumed it would be the same as when it is just by itself.

    Tested by itself (not on the breadboard) my multimeter (fluke 179) reads 1k ohms - as I would expect. But when I place the resistor on the breadboard - all by itself with no power - the multimeter reads .2 ohms. Why does it not read 1k ohms?

    Appreciate any insight to this as I expected it to read near 1k ohm.


    Thanks
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    • mariushm
      Badcaps Legend
      • May 2011
      • 3799
      #2
      Re: Reading Resistance with Multimeter

      HOW did you put it on a breadboard?

      A breadboard has all the holes in a vertical line connected together. So, if you put a resistor that way, the resistor is shorted and you're basically measuring the resistance of the probes' wires.

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        • domas
          News Hater
          • May 2013
          • 323
          • Denmark
          #3
          Re: Reading Resistance with Multimeter

          put it into the breadboard in another direction, i think you "shorted" the resistor

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            • General_T
              Member
              • Sep 2013
              • 36
              • Canada
              #4
              Re: Reading Resistance with Multimeter

              D'oh - if it can be done - wrong - I will do it!!

              Thanks Guys.

              (SIGH - so much to learn!!)

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