Getting Started with a Multimeter | Basic Electronics

Getting started with a multimeter. These versatile and incredibly helpful tools are inexpensive and readily available and can make any electrical and electronics work easier. But, if you don’t know what you’re doing, they can be useless and potentially dangerous. In this video, we go over the basics of a multimeters usage to show how to measure resistance, voltage, and current as well as some tips on how to use a multimeter safely.

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Table of Contents
0:00 Introduction
01:20 Measuring the Resistance
03:36 Measuring the Voltage
06:10 Measuring the Current

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