Multimeter and usage question/s.

[Way2Gone]

I have a multimeter, and it is a halfway decent multimeter, I would think, as I bought it from a college bookstore when I took a basic electricity class back in college. I have all the stuff that came with it still.

See the reason I am posting this is because I was goin to to try save some money if I plan on getting into mechanicals and try testing all my coils with my multimeter because I would assume it has just about all the settings on it I would possibly need too; 1.) check my coils, after builds 2.)I could test my batterys

Instead of spending the extra cash on a little ohm reader or the thing where you can screw you atomizer on and just turn it on and it automatically reads the resistance to the atomizer.

I know these things are quite cheap, but I do no purchase things online very often. It's for security purposes and waiting times on shipping the products (I don't wanna wait ) basically. So, unfortunately, I normally just go to my local vape shop which has, ehhh, ok prices for a local vape shop and I can normally get prices that aren't too far off from what they would be online. (Its a loss, but still nothing to me that would be hurting me by just going to the vape shop and getting my products instantly, plus its like going out to me anyways, lol, they have a lounge ).

Going back to the coils part now ; how would I get an accurate reading with my positive and negatice leads when testing my coils with my multimeter? I could probably figure it out, but I want to ask some of you veterans out there, that really know what they are doing.

Thanks again! Any information you think will help me with my multimeter discussion would be great

 

[Hypatia]

I use both a DMM and a "black box" style ohm meter. IMHO they both have important roles. If you're only going to go with one, the DMM is the one to definitely have. Like you said, the ability to do more than measure resistance of your atty is good (batteries, check for loose connections, broken circuit, shorts, etc. is invaluable).

To meter you coil, you just connect pos to pos post and neg to neg post (remember to subtract out any background reading if any, but you know that, I'm sure).

ETA: I wanted to add that the "black box" is a very nice "work area" with which to mount to coil to the atty, too. It's not too bad to buy one local. I bought mine online, where I bought my batteries, but the price I paid was only a dollar or two less than local, anyway. A couple dollars is nothing if it ensures your security comfort.

 

[searcher]

Assuming you know where to connect the leads to the multimeter, set the unit to the lowest ohms setting. Touch the leads together. Read the screen and if your meter has a zero adjust then adjust it to read zero ohms. If it doesn't have zero adjust, then simply record what it says. Next touch 1 lead to the shell of the atty connector and the other lead to the center pin. If you had a meter with zero adjust then the reading is actual coil resistance. If no zero adjust simply deduct the reading recorded earlier from the current reading to get actual coil resistance.

 

[Choc_Addic]

Agreed.

And you can use vapor's tool box to help you further.

Cheers

 

[Way2Gone]

Agreed.

And you can use vapor's tool box to help you further.

Cheers

vapors tool box?

Can you send me a link to this? Also, does it have information about using multi meters in that description? Thanks.

 

[Choc_Addic]

vapor's tool box =>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valsoft.vaperstoolbox

How to use multimeter =>>>> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+use+multimeter+on+building+coil&sm=12

Cheers