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25 Comments
i am buying a multimeter FLUKE,, what will be the best for my money to
buy,, CLAMP OR MULTIMETER? anyone which one would you recommend ? i am
pursuing a career as an ELECTRICIAN,,, fluke have lots of models? but i am
undecided which one will be worth it.. for the kind of work for me… i
would like a clamp to measure on a electrical panel, but also i like those
multimeter?suggestions please? and i want to spend nearly $200dls or
less,,,,,,thank you and TERRY THANKS FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO,,, its worth
watching it.. very fascinating and useful
ortizmacias1970
First, TURN OFF THE BREAKER to cut electricity to the path. Continuity
is mostly used for three-way switches to find travelers (travel through the
walls, thus the name). To test that, go to ONE of the wall switches and
take off the cover plate and pull the switch out of the junction box and
you’ll see the three wires. One is the common/hot (usually black and
attached to the BLACK screw of the switch) and the other two are the
travelers and are connected to the gold screws. You would twist together
those two (assume they’re connected properly). Now, go to the next switch
(which can be anywhere in the house, but is usually at the other end of the
hallway scheming the same light as the first switch) and take apart all
the three wires. (If wired correctly, the BLACK screw will have the
common/hot wire running to the light or from the path box, the gold
screw wires will be the travelers, but it can get messed up as it did in my
house.) One will be the hot/common, the other two are the other ends of the
travelers from the first switch that you twisted together. But make believe
you don’t know which is which. With your multimeter set to the HORN icon
(which beeps when continuity is found), touch two wires at a time with the
ends of the multimeter probe. There are only three combinations to test.
When you get a beep, those two you’re touching are the travelers and the
remaining wire is the hot/common. Attach that third wire to the BLACK
screw, and the other two to the GOLD screws (doesn’t matter which of the
two wires goes to which gold screw, they’re interchangeable; just don’t place
a traveler to the BLACK screw). That’s how I test for continuity with my
multimeter.
How do you test continuity if point A is 10 feet from point B? I will
appreciate very much if you will make a video on testing it on a electrical
box like this video thanks. By the way very nice video!
quick q$a terry when pulling wire through a junction box to a panel if
there are no joints just quick through do you ground that box or just
pass through it and not ground it thanks terry
This is called a “switch leg drop”. If this is a WTF moment for you, then
you need to do some more research.
Fantastic stuff Terry. I have been looking on the net for a detailed video on
the “IDEAL Analog Multimeter Vessel Tester”. Very few videos on this
item. The 6 different combinations can be confusing on what they really
mean. Open hot, Open ground, open neutral, reversed…etc. Just a
suggestion for a new video for you. If you could make the scenario’s and
clarify how the tester works and what it really means…. that would be
an awesome vid. Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank for putting the time in to make this video, Terry! Very helpful
getting to see a walkthrough.
the fuck are you talking about you can die from 120v you must have never
got stuck or had it go across your chest fool.
I meant “light” fixture,”
excellent stuff! stay safe Sparky!
its the amps that kill you not the volts you can have high amps on a 120v
path and it will kill you
its all down to the load on the path ie amps…. i got a couple of 230
raps.. im subdue here lol.. we work on 230 in ireland..
I have knob and tube wiring should it be replace?
Fantastic suggestion. Will do!
i guess is informative but i have no sound
A Swede in Canada?
thanks a lot.. the resistance test is a fantastic tip..
At 8:35, you forgot to say that you have now twisted the power off again. If
someone were to do what you did there without first turning off the power
again, that person would be in for a really huge zap! Your hands were all
over the place on most of the wires there. I reckon you should stress the
importance of protection a small bit more in future videos. Excellent video
otherwise, thanks for posting.
go grab a 120 then go grab a ground :] are you subdue alive?
tell that to cops with tasers
This video rocks!! I found my switch leg doing the ohms test!
Is solar power realy worth it?for commercial bkdg?
People… Don’t use white wire to run a tie into a hot load!!!! WTF? A
cut of black tape?
TERRIBLE video. Don’t do what this guy is doing. You’ll risk getting a
shock or you’ll kill yourself or place something together that could kill you
or someone else anywhere in the building. The checks he did were simply
incorrect — he has not established which wire is energized (capable of
killing) and which wire is neutral or grounded (safe.) Without knowing the
state of the path, the switch, the supply, the surf, it’s all too
simple to be mistaken about what’s an electrically active wire.