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designed for 250 V max.
Never measure currents exceeding 20 A. Only measure in circuits which
are fused with 16 A or in which powers exceeding 4000 VA could not
exist. Current measurements of 20 A may not last longer than 30 seconds
and may only be executed in intervals of 15 minutes.
Hint!
During AC current measurement the middle sub-display will show the
frequency of the AC voltage and the main display the present measure-
ment.
During DC current measurement the three sub-displays below the main-
display are active. In the left sub-display the present reading is taken 1
second later, the middle display the reading is taken 2 seconds later and
in the right display the reading appears 3 seconds later. This means the
left sub-display shows the measurement value which was 1 second ear-
lier on the main display, the middle sub-display shows the reading which
was 2 seconds earlier in the main display and the right sub-display shows
the value which was 3 seconds earlier in the main-display.
5.3 Continuity Test
With this function you can test dead leads, fuses, circuits.
Proceed as follows
Set the rotary function switch to
/Ohm and press DC Ohm/AC button
,
until the symbol “
“ is displayed. Afterwards connect the test-lead tips
~
A
Current
Source
Object
Multimeter
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AC Voltage Measurement
DC Voltage Measurement
5.2 Current Measurement
Follow these steps to measure DC or AC current:
1. Select with the rotary function switch the desired ampere position (4 mA
or 400 mA or 20 A).
2. Press DC Ohm/AC (
) button, depending if you want to measure DC
or AC current. As soon as “AC“ appears in the display, you are in the
AC current range.
3. “Break“ the circuit to be measured and connect the test-leads in
series with the circuit or load. (See following drawing).
4. Switch on voltage at the object to be measured (circuit, load etc.) and
look at the display reading.
As soon as “ - “ appears before the value, the voltage is negative (or
the test leads are confused).
Attention!
Never measure currents in circuits in which voltages over 250 VDC/
VACrms could exist, this is life dangerous! Besides the fuses are only
