OWON HDS-N Series Handheld DSO & DMM 7-Using the Multimeter
7.4.7 Measuring DC Current
To measure a DC current which is less than 400 mA, do the following:
1.
Press the
A
key and
DCA
appears at the top of the screen. The unit on the main reading
screen is
mA. mA
and
10A
will display on the right bottom of screen, press
F4
and
F5
to
switch the measurement between
mA
and
10A
. 400mA is acquiescently.
2.
Insert the black lead into the
COM
banana jack input and the red lead into the
mA
banana
jack input.
3.
Connect the red and black leads to the measured points and the DC current values of
measured points will be displayed on the screen.
Look at the display; you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 27.
Figure 27: DC Current Measurement for 400 mA
To measure a DC current which is larger than 400 mA, do the following:
1.
Press the
A
key and
DCA
appears at the top of the screen. The unit on the main reading
screen is
mA
.
2.
Press
F5
key change to
10A
measurement, the unit on the main reading screen is
A.
3.
Insert the black lead into the
COM
banana jack input and the red lead into the
10A
banana
jack input.
4.
Connect the red and black leads to the measured point and the
DC
current value of the
measured point will be displayed on the screen.
5.
Press
F4
return to 400 mA measure.
Look at the display; you can see a screen that looks like the following figure 28.
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