For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.

This video covers the essential steps to properly test a car's alternator and diagnose common alternator issues. The guide ...

When your car doesn’t start, often the battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best practice is ...

Using a Multimeter Pop the hood, locate the battery, and move any terminal caps out of the way. Clean the terminals, if necessary. Turn on your multimeter and turn it to DC voltage, then 20 volts.

Using A Multimeter To Test Voltage Let's look at common multimeter functions in the context of testing for issues on an electric dryer. We'll start with how to test voltage with your multimeter.

You extended the multimeter lead? Can you test multimeter with said extended leads on a known voltage source? Car battery is DC, not AC, and voltages should be below 15V, so you should be using ...

Although this multimeter is tailored for the automotive market, it performs well on standard electrical measurements such as AC and DC voltage, DC amps, continuity, and resistance, among others.

I'm having problem with a starter motor on a riding mower, and need to check if the motor is getting juice and not working or if something else isn't working and no juice is getting to the starter ...