Don't use a multimeter like this

I'm not saying these are great multimeter tips, I'm just saying they work.

00:00 A bad digital multimeter idea
00:20 A digital multimeter (DMM) as a current source
1:21 A digital multimeter as a fused jumper

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[KeysightLabs]

We were so preoccupied with whether or not we could, we didn't stop to think if we should.

[EEVblog]

What is this Mul-Tie-Meter you speak of?

[reps]

One of my favorites: Your U1240B has 10MOhm input impedance in normal DCV mode. You can extend the 1kV input voltage range by measuring voltages with a resistor in series with the DMM. i.e. +10kV --- 90MOhm --- 10MOhm DMM --- 0V this could read up to 10kV, but other values and higher voltages are possible. Better than tongue test, that's for sure.

[DanielRobertThomson]

Hold Y to dual-wield got me right in the giggles!

[pioneer]

One of my 'top shelf' ideas: you can use the internal high value resistor in the DMM, as a, you guessed it, high value resistor.

[ChristophMewes]

This was the best video of this year's KU Live so far :-D Well done.

[NeuroMod]

You can use the different bias currents to use a DMM as a crude low current SMU.

[flybackrs]

I have used my DMM as a fuse for many projects where I didn't have a fuse or fuse holder handy. Better than setting things on fire and tripping the breaker!

[jimdruckenmiller]

These ideas are SO BAD, that I'd only try them if I Won a FREE Keysight Multimeter.

[masteryoda]

Excellent tips 😃, I think most of us short things together in the 10A mode, it's the most used terrible idea.

[yngndrw.]

I'm in need of a new set of jumper wires, now I need to buy a bag of DMMs.

[seeker]

I just use DMM to make LEDs glow. My way of testing LEDs

[dmytrobozhko]

Another "bad" idea: to test a battery for its health in "current measurement" mode - technically short the battery through a DMM. If the measured current is large enough (for this particular kind of battery) - it is good.

[SaNjA]

Used my DMM as a wire more often than I'd like to admit. Pro tip: short your fuse with a thick piece of copper for extra current throughput

[miqueles]

Is current always constant or only "known" by the device?! I mean, it might vary a bit as long as its value is known at each time when sampling..

[tommihommi]

yep, definitely have used a cheap DMM as a fuse box before lol

[alecapristrudel]

What, no nano amp range using the 10 meg input resistance in voltage mode?

[MIsam-fvkb]

I use the current shunt short a LOT, it is very convenient when the wires are far away and you feel lazy.

[ffrige]

You never cease to amuse me Daniel! You're like the Electroboom but for Keysight! Next video, I'd like you to measure 100 amps with your N9042B. It doesn't make sense to measure current with a 50Hz to 50GHz bandwidth spectrum analyzer. But you can do it because you can. That's OK if something happens to it; you work there and they'll give you another one lol

[ergunguler]

Hello. What are you think about Hantek hdm3065 multimeter?