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