Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
Trying to measure amp draw using a multi meter. Followed instructions I found online and made a simple 12 V socket with bare wires on the positive side.
The idea is I'll plug one end into the 12 V socket and plug my appliance into the other. I'll hook up my multi meter in between in order to measure amp draw.
According to the instructions I found this should be possible but when I connect my multi meter according to what I see in the pictures there's nothing showing on the multi meter and power doesn't flow to the socket from the power source.
The photos below show my adapter directly connected with power flowing and connected through the multi meter with no power flowing.
So I'll ask the gurus here what am I doing wrong.
In this picture you can see power is flowing from the jump starter to the voltage meter.
And in this picture you can see I've connected the multi meter but power is not going through it and nothing is showing on the multi meter.
Any thoughts on what might be going on?
The idea is I'll plug one end into the 12 V socket and plug my appliance into the other. I'll hook up my multi meter in between in order to measure amp draw.
According to the instructions I found this should be possible but when I connect my multi meter according to what I see in the pictures there's nothing showing on the multi meter and power doesn't flow to the socket from the power source.
The photos below show my adapter directly connected with power flowing and connected through the multi meter with no power flowing.
So I'll ask the gurus here what am I doing wrong.
In this picture you can see power is flowing from the jump starter to the voltage meter.
And in this picture you can see I've connected the multi meter but power is not going through it and nothing is showing on the multi meter.
Any thoughts on what might be going on?