Velleman DVM856 Mode D'emploi page 6

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Always be careful when working with voltages above 60 VDC or 30 VAC
rms. Keep your fingers behind the probe barriers at all times during
measurement.
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Never perform resistance, diode or continuity measurements on live
circuits. Make sure all capacitors in the circuit are depleted.
6. General Description
Refer to the illustration on page 2 of this manual:
1. Display
3 ½ digits
2. Hold button
3. Backlight button
4. Selection button
"VmA" jack
5.
Insert the red (positive) test lead in this connector to measure voltage,
resistance and current.
"COM" jack
6.
Insert the black (negative) test lead.
7. Overvoltage/Installation Category
DMMs are categorized depending on the risk and severity of transient
overvoltage that might occur at the point of test. Transients are short-lived
bursts of energy induced in a system, e.g. caused by lightning strike on a
power line.
The existing categories according EN 61010-1 are:
A CAT I-rated meter is suitable for measurements on protected
CAT I electronic circuits that are not directly connected to mains power, e.g.
electronics circuits, control signals...
A CAT II-rated meter is suitable for measurements in CAT I-
environments and mono-phase appliances that are connected to the
CAT mains by means of a plug and circuits in a normal domestic
II environment, provided that the circuit is at least 10 m apart from a
CAT III- or 20 m apart from a CAT IV-environment. E.g. household
appliances, portable tools...
A CAT III-rated meter is suitable for measurements in CAT I- and
CAT II-environments, as well as for measurements on (fixed) mono-
CAT
or poly-phased appliances which are at least 10 m apart from of a
III
CAT IV-environment, and for measurements in or on distribution level
equipment (fuse boxes, lighting circuits, electric ovens).
V. 01 – 06/08/2018
DVM856
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