Brandon Franks Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 I am not an electrician, but I know this is (probably) not how ohms are supposed to be read. Anyone know why I am not getting full numbers, I presume this is a reading of 26 ohms. Why would I be gettin 26 thousandth ohms? I see the *2k* marker, but I was told that wouldn't change the reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Because it's a cheap multimeter Yours has no 0-200 ohm reading. https://www.ehow.com/how_8731483_read-ohms-decimals.html Basically on most multimeters there's 2 or 3 settings. 0-200, 200-2000, and 2000-10000. Since yours is 0-2000 you need to multiply yours by 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Franks Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, liambesaw said: Because it's a cheap multimeter Yours has no 0-200 ohm reading. https://www.ehow.com/how_8731483_read-ohms-decimals.html Basically on most multimeters there's 2 or 3 settings. 0-200, 200-2000, and 2000-10000. Since yours is 0-2000 you need to multiply yours by 1000 Thats what I guess for grabbing the cheapest one at Home Depot, I guess. Thanks for the info, that explains a lot. Thanks, Liam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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