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--- techtalk:ref:tools159 [2019/11/09 18:28] – [Multimeter (VOM)] hippysmack
+++ techtalk:ref:tools159 [2024/01/24 22:39] (current) – hippysmack
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-Multimeters are extremely useful and are pretty hardy. ((sifty of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1592463&page=42)) \\
+Multimeters are extremely useful and are pretty hardy. ((sifty of the XLFORUM https://www.xlforum.net/forum/sportster-motorcycle-forum/sportster-motorcycle-era-specific-and-model-specific/ironhead-sportster-motorcycle-talk-1957-1985/146604-first-harley-1975-xl1000-caf%C3%A9-project/page42?t=1592463&page=42)) \\
 But using the wrong setting, wrong scale, or performing the wrong type of measurement will at best give meaningless results, and at worst smoke the meter. \\
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+====== Probe Mod ======
+You can buy a couple alligator clips from an auto parts / electronic store and gently crimp the ends over the end of the straight probes. \\
+This will allow you to clip onto pinouts for testing. \\
+You can also lightly wrap electrical tape over the assembly for working in areas where the pins are close to each other so they don't make contact. \\
+{{:techtalk:ref:tools:multimeter_probe_mod_1_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) {{:techtalk:ref:tools:multimeter_probe_mod_2_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) \\
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