I have a VA meter - trouble is the settings are confusing - not intuitive to non-electrical person. I am trying to test various Menards Power adaptors due to reports on the main forum that Menards buildings are frying from one or more of them. I have all 3 models of the adaptors - one of which is no longer made. I am in the process of setting my Menards buildings on my layout and would like to see what's going on before sending juice to them.
One Power adaptor (model 4006) says it's supposed to put out 4.5 volts and 2000 mamps. My meter has 4 different dial settings for DCV - 2.5, 10, 50, and 250. To start, I set dial to 50 ~ and needle moved; then set dial to 10 - needle moved further; and then to 2.5 and needle moved even further. The meter has 3 different scale ranges for AC & DC volts - see if you can see what I mean in picture (middle range of meter is AC&DC - readings in black font) - the first scale starts at 0, then 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 2nd scale starts at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. 3rd scale starts at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. My question is what dial setting corresponds to what graph range on meter, and which dial setting should I set to? And, what do the dial settings reference ~ DCVolts?
As far as measuring mamps - this is even more confusing - meter has dial settings for 0.05, 25, and 250, and when I tested the adaptor for each dial setting the needle pegged each time - guessing that's because adaptor output is greater than any of those dial settings; if accurate then I am guessing my meter cannot measure in the 2000 mamp range?
Thanks for any help.
