Hi,
I've been playing around with some rudimentary circuit building and I am trying to prove the impact of a voltage divider.
I understand the theory, I want to see the evidence on a multimeter.
I'm not sure if I'm wiring the circuit, my multimeter is a dud or I am using the multimeter incorrectly - my money is on the latter.
The multimeter is an DT-830B
My circuit consists of a 3v battery and 2 10kΩ resistors in series.
3v * ( 10kΩ / (10kΩ+10kΩ) = 1.5amps
On the multimeter, I get a reading of 3.24 on the DCV setting, I expect to see a reading of 1.6 on the DCA setting. Every time, the reading settles on 0.
I am a programmer - I've been coding for a living for years. I've been exploring circuit building for about a week, since going through a spark fun / arduino for beginners kit. I am very new to this side of the court.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Rob
I've been playing around with some rudimentary circuit building and I am trying to prove the impact of a voltage divider.
I understand the theory, I want to see the evidence on a multimeter.
I'm not sure if I'm wiring the circuit, my multimeter is a dud or I am using the multimeter incorrectly - my money is on the latter.
The multimeter is an DT-830B
My circuit consists of a 3v battery and 2 10kΩ resistors in series.
3v * ( 10kΩ / (10kΩ+10kΩ) = 1.5amps
On the multimeter, I get a reading of 3.24 on the DCV setting, I expect to see a reading of 1.6 on the DCA setting. Every time, the reading settles on 0.
I am a programmer - I've been coding for a living for years. I've been exploring circuit building for about a week, since going through a spark fun / arduino for beginners kit. I am very new to this side of the court.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Rob