CIRCUTOR CPM (Available until stocks) User Manual

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--------- MULTIMETER CURRENT CLAMP

CPM

-------- PG No. 17

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3.2.6.- Diode test

1. Connect the black test probe to the COM terminal [4]

and the red test probe to the

terminal [5].

2. Set the rotary switch [1] to the position “

“ .

3. Disconnect the power supply to the circuit being tested.

4. Connect the black test probe to the negative (-) side of the diode and the

red test probe to the positive (+) side. Normally the direct voltage of a good
silicon diode is of 0.6 V.

5. On inverting the test probes, if the diode is good “OL” will appear on the

display [1] and if it is faulty, 000 or another value will appear.

6. If the diode is open, the “OL” indicator will appear for each direction.

7. If the diode of a circuit is measured and a low measurement is obtained for

each measurement direction, then the junction must be in parallel and with
a resistance of less than 1 k

. In this case the diode must be disconnected

from the circuit in order to perform an exact measurement.

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