Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
That's exactly my multimeter, for less than half price.
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
I'll go check them out now, thanks!Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
I went to buy some fuses from radio shack and they told me to just bring in the multimeter and they would replace it. The new one is measuring current like a champ so I'm guessing it was a bad meter.
Quick question, I'm going through my book and buying the components I need for my projects from radio shack. I'm running into a few projects which require specific items (like relays) which they don't have there. My book mentions mouser.com but are there other sites which are good for small orders without a lot of shipping?
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
I wish I would have come here before I bought mine! Hopefully it's fine and I just did something careless. I definitely be heading to radio shack in the morning for fuses.Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
I guess I'll go get two new fuses and play with them, if it happens again, I'll start blaming the meter and get a new one.
Thanks again for the help!Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
Thanks. I can't believe that I blew two fuses playing with 4 aa batteries and a led!!
Is this a sign of a fault with the meter or is this not that rare?Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
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I'll go check the manual now. Thanks for all the help!!Re: Problems measuring mA with multi...all the help!!Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
[url]http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103175[/url]
I'll go check the manual now. Thanks for all the help!!Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
It's saying 0.F, which is the same thing it says if I'm not touching anything at all. It's reading resistors correctly.Leave a comment:
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
It's showing 0 so I definitely blew it, I just wished I knew what I did to go through two of them.
I guess when I go to buy another fuse, I had better get a dozen
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Re: Problems measuring mA with multimeter
Thanks to both of you, I'll be checking out those links. I switched to inline and got the led to light up earlier but I still couldn't get it to work when i switched back to the more sensitive outlet. With amps that low, is there anything dumb I could have done to blow the fuse?
I'm positive I'm doing something dumb, I just want to make sure I don't have a bad meter.Leave a comment:
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Problems measuring mA with multimeter
I'm brand new to electronics and trying to teach myself using the "make: electronics" book.
I bought the $45 multimeter Radio Shack along with the components for the first few experiments but I'm having a problem measuring current.
Supposedly the main raid can measure current, you're just supposed to switch to the other outlet for large currents. I can measure voltage and ohms fine but I can't get the mA to work. I'm using a circuit with 4AA batteries, a resistor and a LED. When i switch to the other outlet it works but it only shows A not mA so I only... -
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Hi all --
Trying to teach myself electronics using the "make: electronics" book. Running into a newbie issue with my multimeter but I'll save that for another post
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