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<blockquote data-quote="req" data-source="post: 4430071" data-attributes="member: 555713"><p>this is thruth.</p><p></p><p>but a multimeter is good for testing the resistance of a coil to see weather its good or bad, testing the output voltage of an amplifier to set the gain properly, testing battery and remote lines in troubleshooting weather a wire is properly conducting or is shorted\open.</p><p></p><p>the biggest thing you can use a meter for is testing stock wiring harnesses in vehicles for constant 12v, switched 12v and ground. the only other test equipment i carry in my toolbag is a 1.5v battery for popping speakers to make sure the line i am using is a speaker and its the correct speaker im looking for.</p><p></p><p>a multimeter like he said, is used for basic troubleshooting in my opinion. very rarely will you make any serious deductions other than "it works", or "its broke" using a multimeter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="req, post: 4430071, member: 555713"] this is thruth. but a multimeter is good for testing the resistance of a coil to see weather its good or bad, testing the output voltage of an amplifier to set the gain properly, testing battery and remote lines in troubleshooting weather a wire is properly conducting or is shorted\open. the biggest thing you can use a meter for is testing stock wiring harnesses in vehicles for constant 12v, switched 12v and ground. the only other test equipment i carry in my toolbag is a 1.5v battery for popping speakers to make sure the line i am using is a speaker and its the correct speaker im looking for. a multimeter like he said, is used for basic troubleshooting in my opinion. very rarely will you make any serious deductions other than "it works", or "its broke" using a multimeter. [/QUOTE]
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