While using a digital multimeter to diagnose electrical problems on customers’ equipment, I frequently hear the comment, “I’ve got one of those multimeter things, but I never learned how to use it.” ...

Back in the early days of electricity, lab workers could measure electric current in a circuit using an ammeter (galvanometer) and voltage using a voltmeter. From there, they could calculate ...

My stepfather wired my basement and I'm installing the outlets (eg. placing the wire on the outlet itself), but I'm not sure which circuit breakers to turn off.<BR><BR>How can I tell if a power line ...

Thinking of tackling electrical repairs but don’t know where to start? With just a little knowledge–and less than $100 worth of tools including things like wire strippers and a multimeter–you can take ...

Let's start with DC voltage, one of the simplest and most-used multimeter measurements. The DC voltage measurement is used to determine the difference in electrical potential between two points in a ...