Topic: need help measuring power supply
+Anonymous A — 4 years ago #62,087
like where do i plug the multimeter to measure the ampere? and where to turn the levers+Anonymous B — 4 years ago, 5 minutes later[T] [B] #627,682
You can't generally measure amperage by plugging something in. You need to break the circuit and measure current that way.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #627,683
·Anonymous B — 4 years ago, 10 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #627,685
If you don't understand what I wrote, you cannot do it.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4 years ago, 12 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #627,690
@previous (B) it's our power supply and we need to measure it in order to know the ampere so we can know which to buy...
·Anonymous B — 4 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #627,691
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4 years ago, 39 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #627,692
@previous (B) yeah.
·Anonymous B — 4 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #627,693
@previous (A)
All you need to do is take a photo of the part number or whatever you can see, and then Google it to see the power rating. Plus the physical dimensions etc. The part number is likely on the outside of the power supply.
My suggestion is to get the part number and show the people selling power supplies what it is. They're likely to know more than me.
All you need to do is take a photo of the part number or whatever you can see, and then Google it to see the power rating. Plus the physical dimensions etc. The part number is likely on the outside of the power supply.
My suggestion is to get the part number and show the people selling power supplies what it is. They're likely to know more than me.
(Edited 3 minutes later.)
·Anonymous B — 4 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #627,694
Bumping because I updated the post.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #627,695
+Anonymous C — 4 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #627,764
I'll give you 1 cent if you give me the bad one.
+Anonymous D — 4 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #627,771
short the output and put a multimeter in series to measure the max current
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4 years ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #627,832
@previous (D)how to put the multimeter anyway
theres the black and red needle which is plus and minus and a whole bunch of numbers to measure it
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