Multimeters
Instrument Overview
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Instrument Overview
Terminals
COM
A
mA A
V
400mA
FUSED
C
10A
FUSED
CAT I 1000 V
CAT II 600 V
4
3
2
1
a
1f.e
s
Item Description
1 Input terminal for AC and DC current
measurements to 10A and frequency (17B
only) measurements.
2 Input terminal for AC and DC microamp and
milliamp measurements to 400 mA and
frequency (17B only) measurements.
3 Common (return) terminal for all
measurements.
4 Input terminal for voltage, resistance,
continuity, diode, capacitance, frequency
(17B only) and temperature (17B only)
measurements.
Display
2
7
6
8
9
10
14
1
3
4
5
11
12
13
a
2f.e
s
Item Description
1 Relative mode is active
2 Continuity selected
3 Display Hold is enabled
4 Temperature is selected
5 Duty Cycle is selected
6 Diode test is selected
7 F – Farads for capacitance
8 A, V – amps or volts
9 DC, AC – dc or ac voltage or current
10 Hz – Frequency is selected
11 – Ohms is selected
12 m, M, k – decimal prefix
13 Auto range selected
14 Battery is low and should be changed