guys i think something wrong with my multimeter

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Muhammed Fatih Saruhan

Joined Jun 22, 2019
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my meter does the same thing again. but now hwn i touch negative lead its shows normal voltage and when i touch positive lead its show about 17 volt instead of 5,20 volt. and when not touching its shows 7,5 ors so volts instead of 5,20 volt :/ what is going onnn
 

narkeleptk

Joined Mar 11, 2019
586
Don't think so.
Say you connect the meter to a battery then press the relative button. I would expect the meter to show zero. Then connect a load to the battery and as the battery voltage falls the meter would indicate a negative voltage being the amount the voltage is now less than the original measurement. So the meter indicates the voltage relative to the reading when the button was pressed.
Neat, I never used that function. Just tried it out and it works exactly as you described. Shows the amount of V that changes from when you set it. Lower or higher.
 

sagor

Joined Mar 10, 2019
1,050
Also remember that voltage drop thru a diode only happens when there is current through it. And, less current will give a bit less voltage drop, more current will give a slightly higher voltage drop.
You cannot measure voltage drops across a diode out of circuit unless you pass current through it (as in Diode test mode on most multimeters)
 
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