VOLT METER/AMP METER

[johnboy]

Hi, I am not electrical minded but I want to make my own wicks/coils
and i think i will need one of the above, Please could you advise what to get and where to get it.
Thanks.

[maccafan]

Clicky

[Ellen]

That's a very good price Macca, the one my friend lent me seems a bit tempremental
Think I will pick one up
Thanks

[tkvape]

I bought one from Amazon, and it dead on arrived . Still waiting for the replacement item to come.

[johnboy]

Aug 21, 2012 11:40:36 GMT maccafan said:

Clicky

Thanks Maccafan, two or three clicks and job done Via ebay.

[johnboy]

Aug 21, 2012 12:06:20 GMT tkvape said:

I bought one from Amazon, and it dead on arrived . Still waiting for the replacement item to come.

Good God , I hope you git your replacement.

[PeeKay]

Aug 21, 2012 12:06:20 GMT tkvape said:

I bought one from Amazon, and it dead on arrived . Still waiting for the replacement item to come.

Did you try changing the battery?

[tkvape]

Aug 21, 2012 12:58:31 GMT PeeKay said:

Aug 21, 2012 12:06:20 GMT tkvape said:

I bought one from Amazon, and it dead on arrived . Still waiting for the replacement item to come.

Did you try changing the battery?

I think the battery is fine. The problem is that it cannot read anything. and it always show "-1" in the screen.

[tkvape]

I just received the multimeter. Good new.. this one works. However, when i used it to check the resistance the numbers were so weird ???

I tested it with the vivi nona atomisers it read as follows:

atom 1.8 the multimeter reads 2.9 ohm
atom 2.4 " " 3.3 ohm
atom 2.8 " " 3.6 ohm

Boge LR " " 3.0 ohm
Dual coil (1.5) " " 2.2 ohm


I tested voltage mode with EGO Twist. The results seem accurate.

[Ellen]

Did you measure and subtract the natural resistance in the leads?
Also measure the coils before you've vaped on them/when they are cool, not right after

Here's a good video showing you how to use multi meters for e cigs


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[tkvape]

Hi Ellen, i did exactly same the youtube.

Sorry for noob question but can you explain "subtract the natural resistance in the leads".

Thank you

[Ellen]

If you did it exactly the way she shows in the video, then I don't know...
What I meant was did you put the leads together as is shown in the video to see what resistance they measure? And then take that number away from whatever ohms the coil measures.
So for example on mine, if i touch the tips of the leads together, the meter shows a reading of 0.4
So when I test a coil and the meter shows 2.4 I have to remember to take away that 0.4
So the coil is really 2.0 ohms.
I've only used one multimeter, but mine is temperamental, so I have to give it a minute to settle on a reading and stop jumping around with numbers..and hold the points in place

[tkvape]

Oh.. i see. i have to minus 0.7 for my meter.

Thank you so much ellen

[tkvape]

So it just my fault not my meter SRY folks

[kingofswords]

i got the 3 quid one too....was very tempermental as i had to pull out and plug in leads 4 or 5 times before getting a readin....then it just died