The ultimate beginners guide to multimeters. What are they, how to choose one, and how to use them to measure electrical things.

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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

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