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Table of Contents 
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Introduction ....................................................................................................................  1 
Safety Information ..........................................................................................................  1 
Safe Working Practices ..................................................................................................  1 
Instrument Overview ......................................................................................................  5 
Terminals ...................................................................................................................  5 
Display .......................................................................................................................  5 
Battery Saver .................................................................................................................  6 
Making Measurements ...................................................................................................  6 
Manual Ranging and Auto Ranging ...........................................................................  6 
Data Hold ..................................................................................................................  6 
Relative Measurements (17B only) ............................................................................  6 
Measuring AC and DC Voltage ..................................................................................  6 
Measuring AC or DC Current .....................................................................................  7 
Measuring Resistance ...............................................................................................  8 
Testing for Continuity .................................................................................................  8 
Testing Diodes ...........................................................................................................  9 
Measuring Capacitance .............................................................................................  9 
Measuring Temperature (17B only) ...........................................................................  9