I bought a multimeter long time ago
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
Oh yes. Checking fuses, batteries, temperature, ... the list goes on. I have several: two digital (so I can check the batteries in the other - and one has a current clamp the other doesn't) and a pair of Avo 8 analogue meters.
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Oh yes. Checking fuses, batteries, temperature, ... the list goes on. I have several: two digital (so I can check the batteries in the other - and one has a current clamp the other doesn't) and a pair of Avo 8 analogue meters.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
but my problem is : I forgot my initial goals: what kinds of computer parts I can check? I liked Dell laptops and desktops. so I bought lot of stuff from eBay...
diligent hands rule....
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but my problem is : I forgot my initial goals: what kinds of computer parts I can check? I liked Dell laptops and desktops. so I bought lot of stuff from eBay...
diligent hands rule....
The problem with "cheap" multimeters - the test probes do not last.... And how many use the interfaces I/O ability to test transistors or even diodes? The old war military philosophy still applies - "unplug the faulty module and replace it , throw the bad one away ".
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The problem with "cheap" multimeters - the test probes do not last.... And how many use the interfaces I/O ability to test transistors or even diodes? The old war military philosophy still applies - "unplug the faulty module and replace it , throw the bad one away ".
Member 14968771 wrote:
unplug the faulty module and replace it , throw the bad one away
Cut it in half and throw it away - I learned that with cables decades ago. It you don't, some bugger will fish it out of he bin and it'll come back to haunt you ... :~
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
Does it still multi-meet?
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by. ;)
5teveH wrote:
Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter?
:raises hand: Perhaps we should start a support group - "Developers without multimeters". We could debate whether to allow developers without voltmeters and/or ammeters to join, too. :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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The problem with "cheap" multimeters - the test probes do not last.... And how many use the interfaces I/O ability to test transistors or even diodes? The old war military philosophy still applies - "unplug the faulty module and replace it , throw the bad one away ".
Member 14968771 wrote:
The problem with "cheap" multimeters - the test probes do not last....
Ain't that the truth. I had a multimeter that I bought in the early 1970s. Of course, from that era, it was still an analog meter with a needle. This is it (at the Radio Museum): Multimeter 200H Equipment Central; where?, build 1973 ??, 3[^] It lasted me over 40 years but it was the probes that wore out and I found I could buy a cheap new digital multimeter for less than the cost of a new set of probes. That digital meter lasted me 5 or 6 years and then those probes wore out and again it was cheaper to buy a new meter than to get a replacement set of probes.
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
I have a temp probe (thermocouple) for mine, handy for beer making. :cool:
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by. ;)
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? Confused | :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by.
**Raises hand - I've got a few multimeters, a 'scope and a signal generator/logic analyser. Of course, I was pure embedded dev for 15 years or so, so there's that.
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by. ;)
Nah, never found a need for one - you are not alone.
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I have a digital thermometer - does that count?
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by. ;)
Just for checking fuses with the ohm meter is worth it. I have a garage door opener that is out of support and to replace it would require a total rebuild of springs, etc. plus the cost of the new opener. It had a well designed control board that needed 2 pop-in fuses replaced. $10 versus $400 dollars.
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Does everyone, (apart from me), have a multimeter? :confused: Why has no-one told me! I'm, obviously, going to get right on it. Ebay or Amazon? I feel, somehow, that another one of life's opportunities has passed me by. ;)
Any self-respecting person would have one and an oscilloscope if you ask me, the more probes the better. :thumbsup:
Regards, Rob Philpott.
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I plan to test some computer parts, but I did not get time to do it. now my refrigerator did not freeze, so I used it to test defrost heater.
diligent hands rule....
Hi, I love multi meters. I learned how to use an old Simpson in the Air Force when there was no such thing as autorainge... LOL Now I have a talking meter with a nice female voice. I never knew how freeing is a talking meter till I went blind. thanks for sharing... chuck
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but my problem is : I forgot my initial goals: what kinds of computer parts I can check? I liked Dell laptops and desktops. so I bought lot of stuff from eBay...
diligent hands rule....
One of the more likely failures, in devices that have power supplies, are the electrolytic capacitors in the supply. My ex-boss (I'm retired now) had 2 TVs fail on him and both failures were from the electrolytic capacitors in the supply. He was able to fix both TVs by replacing the capacitors. Normally, the bad capacitors are bulging.
