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What setting to use on multimeter

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Steve...thanks for laying it out that way. I followed all you said and I think it's all good now.

Group 1...all 1's, which is the out of range setting
Group 2..583, 576 and 577
Group 3...all 1's again
Group 4...577, 567 and 576

So I think I'm good to go!! Thanks so much to everyone that helped. This is the greatest site there is. And thanks for your patience from one grateful dummy.
 
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Steve...thanks for laying it out that way.
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Might not have been the same exact words, but that's what the tests are in the second post, the one by BassCliff.
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Now that you have done the tests, go back read the original tests again, you will see what I mean. :o

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Yep..I see what you mean now. I think I was getting confused by the fact I didn't know that the readings I was getting,,the 576, 577, etc..were actually .576 volts.

I just couldn't understand "How do I get these darn volt readings in diode mode?"..And what was throwing me off is that there is on the multimeter specific areas labeled for volts and ohms and when I do the diode test, it's like...what kind of numbers are these?

The real problem is that the directions with this meter, for me anyway, just tells you basically how to do certain checks and then lists a chart to refer to. For someone who's not familiar with using a multimeter, like me, it leaves you scrambling to try and figure out what to do. And the more I tried to figure it out, the more frustrated it got. Does this make sense?

Anyway, I've got it now thanks to you and all the others. Thanks again.
 
Not sure if it was mentioned before (and it's quicker to type than to go back and search), but the reason there is a specific diode test is because the meter usually uses just a couple tenths of a volt to send through a device or circuit to measure the resistance. A diode will show slightly different resistances when measured in both directions, but it's still not a good picture. When presented with about 1 volt, the diode will "break over" and start to conduct (in one direction). That break over point is determined by the type of material used to make the diode. Evidently the break over voltage in your diodes is about .576 volt.

In a nutshell: the Ohms scale will show the resistance of the diode, the diode function will show the break over voltage of the diode.

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