Please describe in detail how to use a multimeter to find the voltage of a circuit? and to find the current of the circuit? I have to write a procedure and was gone the day my class did the lab so any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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anonymous · Answer

To find the voltage drop over a particular component in the circuit, just switch it to voltage and touch the probes to the wires on either side of the component in question.  To find the current, you need to put the multimeter IN SERIES with a resistor, NOT IN PARALLEL, but in SERIES, lest you blow the poor thing up...

anonymous · Answer

does it matter what side of the resistor u touch the leads to for voltage

anonymous · Answer

One lead on one side, one on the other.  If you switch leads, you'll get a minus sign in the readout, but the number's the same.

anonymous · Answer

do u think turnitin.com can see this or can i post what i got for my first part of the procedure

anonymous · Answer

haha I'm sure you'll be fine...

anonymous · Answer

is it just 2 steps?

anonymous · Answer

Fairly simple measurement.

anonymous · Answer

is it the same in parallel as it is in series?

anonymous · Answer

Wherever you touch the leads, it measures the voltage difference between the two points.

anonymous · Answer

is that procedure good?

anonymous · Answer

Looks fine to me.

anonymous · Answer

how would it look for the current?

anonymous · Answer

what would the procedure look like?

anonymous · Answer

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