Dmm help please

[SkatinBassPLaya]

and I already searched btw no staight answers

so i got a dmm the other day from home depot. i found the speaker vc ohm knob setting that works. but am wondering what setting the dmm knob should be on for battery voltage read out, for setting amp gains, etc.

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[liftedcj7on44s 10+ year member]

I set my voltages, ohms and amps all by ear. DMM's are overrated. If its not loud enough then i usually add a few ohms and that usually does the trick!

 

[SkatinBassPLaya]

I set my voltages, ohms and amps all by ear. DMM's are overrated. If its not loud enough then i usually add a few ohms and that usually does the trick!

wtf ur a retard

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

VDC...or DC for batt voltage

You might mean AC volts from speaker inputs?

 

[hollowpoint 10+ year member]

20v right for setting gains?

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

20v right for setting gains?

20v what?

20v range....not if your setting higher than 20v

 

[Parker G 10+ year member]

I set my voltages, ohms and amps all by ear. DMM's are overrated. If its not loud enough then i usually add a few ohms and that usually does the trick!

Well why don't we all just add ohms to our systems then?

 

[SkatinBassPLaya]

my knob on mine is just like this,

http://www.autodiagnosticsandpublishing.com/DMM.jpg

so what should i have the knob on for battery testing, etc?

 

[liftedcj7on44s 10+ year member]

v with the squiggly line over it is ac voltage! use the 200 setting

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

I set my voltages, ohms and amps all by ear. DMM's are overrated. If its not loud enough then i usually add a few ohms and that usually does the trick!

SIGGED!!!!

 

[liftedcj7on44s 10+ year member]

Lmao!!! Haha

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

my knob on mine is just like this,
http://www.autodiagnosticsandpublishing.com/DMM.jpg

so what should i have the knob on for battery testing, etc?

Wait u said batt testing than u said for setting gains?

Which one is it?

 

[liftedcj7on44s 10+ year member]

but by all means you are pretty much wasting your time using a DMM. just set everything by ear. go back to the sub while adjusting listen to it play, listen for distortion, listen for clipping. Just listening will tell you more than a DMM will. When you play music the voltage isnt going to be steady all the time anyway! then after you got everything like you want it then use a dmm and a clamp to see how much power your sending to the subs. But if you "ear" isnt a good "ear" then just use the DMM

 

[SkatinBassPLaya]

thats what i have been doing and now i got a dmm and wanted to check batt voltages and check my gains. and for checking sub vc ohms

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

^^^^^^

No more talking please...go night night

Edit: not u the guy above