I'm a Journeyman and I was just looking around YT to see what kind of tutorials are out there. I came across your tutorial here and let me say that you are a shining beacon of quality in a sea of mediocrity. You gave good info in an easy to understand way....well done sir. Thank you for paying it forward and giving "laymen" the info and warnings they would need to complete a task correctly and safely. Peace.

I am a 4th year apprentice in the IBEW. I have to say that your tutorial on multimeters was outstanding. It 's a breathe of fresh air to see someone take a complicated subject and make it so easy. I wish I had you for an instructor. Keep up the good work.

Probably one of the best tutorials I've watched so far in KZfaq.

Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. As a beginning electrician, I need all the help that I can get.

After watching this video I have now thought of the many reasons to not use that meter in a panel and must say "THANK YOU" as I was likely to be the guy that does that with out thinking about it. Possibly as soon as next week. Glad I saw your video - You may have saved me from serious injury !

Tyrone, I love your videos. You know what you're talking about and you're easy to understand. You don't talk down to anyone, you just help out, thank you!!! You remind me of veteran electricians I used to work with who looked out for me.

Tyrone, your tutorial with simple, yet very thoughtful explanations has been very valuable to me. Too often, people showing tutorials in KZfaq just throw out there the mechanics, but you went further and, where appropriate, enriched the steps with the reasoning behind the process. Very well done and keep up the good work!!!

Sir I just want to thank you because I am a newbie when it comes to learning how to read a multimeter! I have been a electrician's helper many of many of times so I'm definitely comfortable hooking up receptacles and light switches and grounding and things of that nature! With that being said I am a new owner of a Klein Tools mm200 multimeter! I've got plenty of issues going on for me to learn how to read this multimeter! I've got a 99 Camaro that has several different electrical problems! That is not the main issue though, in May of last year my wife and I lost everything to my house fire in a mobile home with no insurance and it was an electrical fire! I have purchased another mobile home but it needed everything Remodel and replaced and updated! I've actually got a video on my channel of the house that I just purchased for $300. I'm a truck driver and I work a lot of hours, I only get to work on this house on the weekends! We are staying with my in-laws and I promise I'm not lying when I say it's time for us to get our own place quick LOL. I really need an electrician but I cannot afford one so therefore that's why I'm learning all of this on my own! My main thing is knowing if I need to replace all of the wires in this house? Knowing if they are on the correct Breakers? I have replaced every light switch and receptacle! I stabbed some in the back of the receptacles and the light switches because that's the way they were moved up from the factory! I've been found out that was a bad idea so now I'm in the process I'm actually cooking them around screws like they're supposed to be and using pigtails with wire nuts! I understand DC and ac voltage oh, I understand continuity, on gives me a little bit of problems because I guess I don't understand what kind of reading I should have for the resistance on what I'm trying to measure if that makes sense? Sorry this is so long I'm talking into my phone as it's texting everything out LOL. My main problem is amperage! I am extremely lost, I know that it is the current that flows through the conductors! But it goes back to knowing what the meter should read? But then again you saved my life I'm sure because I was going to use my multimeter with the Leeds to check for amperage. Now I will try to save up my money to buy a correct meter. I wish I could talk to you one on one somehow. But I want to thank you for going into detail like you have! You are helping people more than you know sir!

I learn more in your little rambles then I did in a year of college. I mean I learned a lot in college but I "understand" more with you . thanks keep em coming

Its good that you talk about the safety in electrical. Too many injuries out there.

I liked what you said at the end. Helping someone else because someone helped you. One brother helping another, it just doesn't get any better than that. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Tyrone, you talked me out of using my multimeter and I'm grateful. What convinced me was your explanation that the current-reading facility in a multimeter is for a different purpose. Cheers.

I love your videos, I learn something new every time you get off subject. Thanks for sharing and keep the videos coming.

What a really nice attitude and generosity of you to do this for giving good and professional help to the people in need. Thanks so much. 😃

Thanks for this, Tyrone. I suspected I couldn't properly and safely use a multimeter to check for a live wire in my house. Your video was the first I came across on a search on youtube, and it was worth the watch.

I was going to try using my multimeter to test this. after watching your vid3 I will going to the hardware store to buy a clamp meter. thanks Tyrone for the great video.

Dude, you are excellent. Thanks a lot for spending time of yours to help total strangers! And your camera person as well! Thank you too!

Tyrone, Thanks very much for making this video. I now fully understand what to do to check the amp draw of a brand new air compressor that sporadically trips a 15amp breaker. The user manual says the compressor is 15amps.

Thanks for all the cautionary notes and practical knowledge. I am a hobbyist and i just bought my first multimeter and thinking about purchasing a oscilloscope

Great tutorial! Keep up the good work. Refreshing to hear a professional on KZfaq.

You are a natural born teacher. Nice job.

Another nice tutorial. Your point about not using a regular DMM to test current is well explained. btw...there IS a way to still use a DMM, which is what I have: a Fluke i410 AC/DC current clamp This is a current clamp without a display of its own that plugs into the voltage test sockets on a DMM, then you measure current on the voltage setting through that.

Nice. Thanks. I like how you explained magnetic fields around DC and AC. I'll check out your other vids.

Thank you for your tutorial Tyrone, it makes it easy to understand how things work and are wired.

Thanks for this tutorial! Very helpful. I like what you said at the end; you like to help others because someone helped you. As you have freely been given you freely give. God Bless!!!

Thanks for taking your time and effort on helping us understand this topic of AC current and the caution one should have on using a multimeter, take care.

Thanks for teaching in laymen terms of understanding. It's obvious you know our stuff & but you're so good at breaking it down for common people like me whom may not be so sophisticated talking big words. I hate it when people talk those $5 & $10 words opposed to just talking the .25 to .50 cent words & or stipulating on unnecessary procedure or complicating it further than it needs be. L.O.L You keep it down to earth & on most peoples level & I really like that & again Thanks

You're awesome, keep doing what your doing sir we all appreciate it

Good job mate, many thanks for this Video - I was just about to use one of those Multimeters you advise against :-) I'm off now to get myself a clamp or slide. Thanks again

As a young electrician I had to subscribe. Thanks for the video. I would like to see how you'd go about replacing a single wire in a industrial circuit when you have the time. I know it's a lot of work and I have yet needed to replace a entire wire.

You are clear and direct. And frank about the dangers of electricity. Thank you!

Good stuff. Thank you sir for helping us DYIer's from a) blowin ourselves up!, and b) to troubleshoot our own stuff.

It was a very helpful tutorial. Very clear and precise explanation. My only advice is that organize your set to look more professional... I will keep following you to learn more about electricity... Thank You!

I very much appreciate how thorough your videos are. Thanks man :)

Thanks Tyrone, I have been hoping to find someone who knows electrical without going over everyone's heads. I have a ac clamp on but had no idea how to use it. I want to find overloads and split them up evenly. This is a great way to know how much is on each line as long as they are being used. lights are easy just flip them on. outlets are more of a pain but can be checked by plugging in a light with same amp pull in each outlet in series. Then write down how many outlets on that curcuit and where they are located. At least then if that curcuit pops you can go see what was plugged in that overloaded it. keep up the good work. I just subscribed.

Thanks for the kind words Raven

love this, your wife is a great camerawoman! it's so nice you guys make videos together, bonding time in The Electrician's Hangout haha

Thanks! Informative video - I wish I saw it before I used the multimeter that I wasn't supposed to, but at least I'm still here! I also like that you went into explanations on how the clamp on multimeter worked!

Very helpful and informative!

Thanks, you just stopped me from doing something stupid-dangerous. Gonna buy me a clamp on meter. 👍🏽👍🏽

Hey Tyrone I appreciated the video. Thanks a lot for taking the time to make this.

Thanks for your tutorials, it's great that you show what not to do too.

Thanks for the video, I was going back and forth if I need clamp meter. I was like I have multimeter why cannot I use it and came across your video and definitely I am getting a clamp meter.

Excellent tutorial....I learned so much watching your tutorial. Thanks for all the great information and I will definitely be watching more of your tutorials.

great job, i am also a licensed electrician and you gave a great tutorial. The best part was to scare them away from the ammeter with the leads.

Thank you man!! You really help me to understand how to chose the right meter.

Much more helpful than other vids I've seen. Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to post your tutorial. Nicely done! I have been warned!! Almost bought that inappropriate meter. Not now.

Tyrone I love your videos they are great for instructions and training.. I have a bathroom light that stays on and the switch has no effect on or off... also i noticed that the ceiling fan was removed. I need some advice/help solving this. Charles

Tyrone, I am not going to fix this until I find out exactly all requirement. I ordered a Clamp on Ammeter like you showed.

Tyrone- excellent presentation- hooah!. You could use a clamp-on type current probe attachment for the multimeter to measure current. With this attachment you would not need to insert the meter into the circuit (series connection)

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Turns out I had no business to be using a multimeter. Sending it back to Amazon.

Thank you so much for your tutorials. They help me so much. Your explanations are wonderful. Thanks for putting it in terms I can understand. Your 'what not to do' are great I really respect your knowledge and you for sharing. Thanks again!

A dang site better than the instructions that came with the meter. Thanks for the info! UncleNat

Great information, valid in 2020.

Another fantastic tutorial. Great job keep up the good work!

Thanks man you saved my ass. I’m pretty experienced w circuit boards and small electronics. Didn’t know I shouldn’t take my little multimeter w leads to the wall to test it like that haha. Appreciate the info!

Lol your rambling during the last few minutes is hilarious. Thanks for the tutorial I got some useful info out of it. And the only meter I have is the regular digital multimeter so thanks for the words of caution.

Thank you for explaining why I shouldn't use a multimeter to measure current!

Excellent job. Thank you, will subscribe to your site.

Many thanks on giving some very valuable information! Will now go out and buy a clamp meter rather than using my recently bought multimeter.

so all brand multimeter if we use it to measure amperage we have to make it part of the circuit right & clamp meter is the right tool for amperage measurement right.

I'm glad that I watched this video. I was about to head out the door to The Home Depot to buy a digital multimeter. Whew!

I didn't hear you actually mention it, but you did mention a "single wire". Does that mean that you cannot use the testers to test the amperage in a power cord? (because it has two wires)

Thank you very much Tyrone that is really help me a lot

Thanks for the video on how to install a sub panel! I really enjoyed it. You are a blessing! Your brother in Christ, T. Mack

Great job! good advice with a great attitude.

Thank you for the detailed explanation on the video, it's very useful!, Keep going with the work" =) I liked the most the part when you talk about the magnetic fields formed around the conductor because of the current flowing through the cable.

Excellent video. Your tutorial was very informative. Thank you very much for doing this!

Thank you! Grettings from Costa Rica!

Nice job and good explanations. Keep up the good work and thanks a bunch Tyrone.

For calculate the exact watt and better accuracy we multiply amps with the finest providing voltage OR after loaded voltage? Bcz there is a variation and voltage get redeem after the load and it down like 225 to 215. Kindly tell me now which voltage we will take for multiplying with the watt?

Great video tutorial , and explained very well, keep up the good .... all the way from east africa

You're freaking awesome..explained in laymens terms!!

very nice....keep up the good work!!!

Thank you man!! You really help me to understand how to chose the right meter. only one quation. Can we check ac voltages using digital multi-meter?

thanks for the help we need more people like you to pay it foreword I will do the same

Thank you so much! Awesome information. It makes sense to use the magnetic flux to measure high levels of current. You don't have to apologize for rambling. I happened to like the rambling. =) I current starting my education program to be an industrial technician, so I will check out your other videos. Thank you again. :)

Thanks, makes sense now.

Love this video it helped me understand current thanks brother

awesome video...thanks for your kindness. Very helpful!

TY, using 10/4 generator cord how far can that cable/wire run, can I run it 125 feet from the inlet box mounted outside the house to an enclosure for the generator which would be 125 feet away. can I go that far or would I lose amps. I know that they sell 100 foot cord but I can make one since they sell it by the foot Thanks Al

Hello great video, very informative thanks. I am studying to become an electrician myself, and I'm struggling with circuit sheets, for automation mainly the control cables / circuits, I was wondering if you had any advice or guidebooks so i could get a better understanding of Automation?

it was very very helpful......i liked every bit of this!!!

Thank you, you do really good videos I like your style. Very helpful . Mike bkk

Tyrone thank you

I greatly appreciate the tutorial on AC current testing. I must compliment your skill in the electrical field, as well as the safety of NEVER testing AC current on a regular dig. meter. I myself aquire a degree/ certificate in the electronic technology trade. AC/DC troubleshooting and repair. However I am inclined to ask you if your company is nation wide or just in your area. I have been trying to get my foot in the door, yet no company I'VE applied with will contact me. My question is how I can Excell with a company similar to yours? I have alway been interested in and always will be an electronics nut..and believe that I could be an asset. Tyrone all I ask for is a quick paragraph in reference to my ability to expand and grow in the field I Love.... Thank You, Thomas Conklin

Great videos Tyrone. No, you do not ramble on... so keep doing what your doing! Quick question. I need to switch from a 30 amp 240 v breaker to a 60 amp 240 v; is there anything I need to do or know beforehand or, can I just swap them? (FYI: I'm switching from a 30 gallon water heater to a tankless.)

Thank you for your acknowledgement.. I’m currently having three (replacement ) New GFCI with red light nothing plugged in and doesn’t clear. My Main breaker is acting up one day it was open and I can’t duplicate ?

Thanks Tyrone, Great job...!

Great tutorial.

very good video

Pretty knowledgeable electrician

Great video!

Good job!!! Thank you!!!!

Thanks for this video, very helpful

awesome,i real completely got you sir.thanks

Great Job, Bring more videos.

very helpful! thanks for the info!

Thank you buddy.....very helpful.