ADT490 Metering Techniques
2 Introduction ‣ Alarms ALS390 ‣ Foundation for Troubleshooting
3 Concept Review ‣ Current ‣ Voltage 3
4 Concept Review - Conductors ‣ Conductor resistance is American Wire Gage 4
5 Concept Review - Resistance ‣ Depends Primarily on ‣ Length ‣ Cross-sectional area ‣ Type of Material ‣ Conductors DO have Resistance 5
6 Concept Review - Resistor ‣ Limit Current / Divide Voltage / Convert Energy ‣ Ohms & Watts 6
7 Series DC Circuits ‣ Current same / Voltage divided between Resistors 7
8 Series DC Circuits - Resistance 8
9 Kirchhoffs Voltage Law 9 -
10 Voltage Dividers 10
11 Parallel DC Circuits ‣ Voltage in each parallel branch is equal 11
12 Kirchhoff’s Current Law For each Junction: Current in = Current out 12
13 Resistance in Parallel 13
14 Resistance in Parallel - Rules ‣ R T always < value of smallest resistor ‣ If largest resistor many times smaller resistor ‣ R T approaches value of smallest resistor. ‣ If two resistors equal ‣ R T is half original resistance 14
15 Current Dividers 15
16 AC Voltage & Current 16
17 AC Voltage & Current 17 Text
18 Measuring with a Multimeter 18
19 Using a Voltmeter 19
20 Using a Voltmeter 20
21 Using a Voltmeter ‣ Can use a voltmeter to check a fuse - SAFER 21
22 AC Versus DC ‣ No reading ‣ CHECK METER ‣ Power on circuit 22
23 AC Versus DC 23
24 Using an Ammeter 24
25 Using an Ammeter 25
26 Using an Ammeter ‣ Fuse in circuit - 0 A fuse good, ? A fuse bac ‣ Watch the meter raing 26
27 Measuring Resistance ‣ Voltage impacts on reading - Nonsense Reading ‣ Highest to Lowest - Lowest most accurate 27
28 Ohmmeter Uses ‣ Check if EOL is Capacitor - Short then Charge ‣ Determine device polarity 28
29 End of Presentation