Ok so I have power to my plug and it’s on its own line so I hook up a analog multimeter to check and see how much power it is giving but it blows a fuse on my multimeter.
Can anyone tell me what’s going on please
Electrical – Power to plug but nothing works
electrical
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Best Answer
Based on a few decades of replacing fuses in multimeters blown by students, you are attempting to measure the wrong thing (or slight possibility these days that you have a very poorly made cheap meter that does not function correctly, but really, slight .vs. applying the meter incorrectly.)
Typical cause is attempting to measure amperage in a manner that makes the meter a short-circuit until its fuse blows.
Amperage is only measured in series with a load. Voltage is measured in parallel with a load. Power requires measuring both, and is most easily achieved with a purpose-built plug-in power meter that can measure both at once, and can't be hooked up wrong.