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What to Use a Multimeter for?

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I bought a multimeter because I thought it'd be useful. But now I don't know what to do with it. Give me some ideas.

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Wait for a GPU to die then figure out what is wrong

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well it's not really useful unless you're doing electronics work, but if you are it's good for a whole multitude of things including checking voltage, current, resistance, etc. in circuits.

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16 minutes ago, EarthboundHero said:

I bought a multimeter because I thought it'd be useful. But now I don't know what to do with it. Give me some ideas.

Find the resistance of a resistor if you're too lazy to look at the colour codes!

 

Test the leads of an mystery transistor!

 

See if a battery is dead!

 

I hope you didn't buy something like a Fluke 87 on a whim, those things are bloody expensive.

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Just now, sushisharkjl said:

Find the resistance of a resistor if you're too lazy to look at the colour codes!

 

Test the leads of an mystery transistor!

 

See if a battery is dead!

 

I hope you didn't buy something like a Fluke 87 on a whim, those things are bloody expensive.

Naw it was $13 on Amazon. I've used it to test a few batteries already.

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Just now, EarthboundHero said:

Naw it was $13 on Amazon. I've used it to test a few batteries already.

Oh good. 

As long as it wasn't an expensive one or a stupid red Harbour Freight one you'll be fine. Check out EEVBlog for some DIY ideas.

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hobby electronics, checking continuity, measuring voltage, etc.

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Whenever I've done arduino projects, it's nice to have a multimeter on hand in case I mysteriously kill a board and need to figure out what caused the short.

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If your really dying to use it go round checking the voltage on every battery in the house see if they need replacing I typically only use mine when I can't figure what wire leads where when wireing somthing up 

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Testing whether batteries are worth throwing away or re-using in an appliance that can deal with a low voltage.

 

For example, an Xbox remote might deplete a AA battery to 1.4v from 1.6v but a different appliance might deplete them below 1v, creating less battery waste.

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