Excellent training video and well presented. If one knows and understands electrical and electronic fundamentals then a multimeter can be used to great effect before having to call on the Pico for more in depth troubleshooting. Most electricians have at least more than one multimeter of a different brand, this is because if one gets a reading that is unexpected then the other multimeter can be used to confirm the reading. I use Fluke and Brymen meters.
Came across your channel by accident - was looking for multimeter info and you once reviewed the Pokit Meter. Ended up watching this whole video and subscribing - absolutely brilliant! 😀
I like my meters from Astro. I have a DM6000AR MM and a CM4KOR dc amp clamp/MM. The test leads are junk but I made my own using silicone wire and stackable banana jack ends. I bought cases for both and assemble kits with needle probes, back probes, piercing probes, and aligator clips. All in I have less than $100 usd in them and they work perfect for automotive diags. Must have tools. Cheers👍
i so wished I had come accross this channel years ago... you are a great teacher and I can't thank you enough. It obviously earned likes and subscribed... I am an old school mechanic before the days of ECU's and mechanics have to be much more than a grease monkey these days.. something I was not trained for....
I truly believe throughout the day in the workshop the best diagnostic tool is a good Head Torch . . You spot so many more ££ opportunities and make less mistakes because seeing what your doing makes you more efficient. 'Hell', more often than not I have to put mine on just to plug the Scan Tool in.
Excellent video your intro was DVOMS May I add spend on the best u can afford but have a dc accuracy of no more than .5 more or less than .5 perfect examples of Vd CHEERS 10.5 OCV on a battery to me is a shorted cell.
WOW ! And OMG ! And also WTF ! In a one hour video, he explained Automotive Diagnosis with an inexpensive DMM better than what we have learned over weeks & months of hands-on work with costly or fiddly special-purpose or bodged-up tools. If I ever have to defuse the trigger of a nuke set to destroy the world, guess whom I am calling for advice 😄
Thanks for this great video Darren, looking good to start supplying your own 'Branded' meter's, i was expecting a 'freebie' for the 1st top comments within a short period beyond the release of the video 🙂 Lol !
@@johncook7864 Great! They are free on the new annual plan ($150/yr), or pick on up for a great price here: mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter Banana leads, MM sticker and diagnostic poster included 👍
16:00 What is the standard for battery voltage? In my country we use this: For outside temperature +20...+25 12,7-100% 12,4-75% 12,2-50% 11,95-25% 11,6-0%
@@SNWxGaming That’s only available for our members Diagnostic Coach; we put on a live training, plus we have a full Battery Drain course. We are ending the Free Month promotion this week; you can use code DIAG www.mechanicmindset.com/diagnostic-coach
Thanks for the great video. I was impressed to see that your multimeter measures frequency for pulsed DC signals - when you were measuring the frequency of the switching signal from the MAF sensor. I've been looking for a multimeter that will measure more than the frequency of an AC signal - one like you're using. Most multimeters the frequency measurement can only count the frequency of a signal when the signal passes the 0 volt line - like in the case of an AC signal. The only meter i've come across that can measure the frequency of a pulsed DC signal, is the Fluke 87V. Which is not within my price range. Thanks again for the great video.
Darren, thanks for another great video. I've been a member since your membership inception, so I'm not eligible for a free meter since I'm already a current member. Is your meter available otherwise? Price, availability? Please let me know. Thank you, Scott
If you mean Fluke's "da best", go ahead & marry one, NOBODY cares. If you mean with Fluke you can repair stuff you can't with other DMMs, OHH, you poor sod, you shoulda gone to school and learnt more physics You'd also know that only the shite workman blames the tools
Demonstrate for us useing a tailpipe gas analyzer and a dmm to find a fault on an OBD2 car without useing a scan tool The same way OBD1 diagnostitions would have to do it . Can it be done ?
@@richardnilsen5 the problem with the tail pipe analyser is all the exhaust gas has been through the cat; you’re not getting a true reading of combustion gas. The O2 sensor and fuel trims should help. I sat on a course with Brandon Steckler recently and he is doing some cool stuff with volumetric efficiency and absolute load values 👍
You are excellent technician. I am watching your videos from Iraq, Babylon Please let us now where is the best site to buy diagnosis tools. Best regards, Mohammed
@@MechanicMindset Ah. Ok. Oh I know. I would drill some holes. But still, I like how it designed. Bummer. I guess I will make one later anyway. I am too busy working as lead automotive technician, but believe it or not. I am deaf with signs language, and have wife, and 2 years old daughter, and I am smart like you in electrical diagnostic and engine diagnostic, but not in oscilloscope yet because I still haven't buy pico scope. But I do want buy one because it has cool reference waveforms. Great feature to have known good waveforms.
As much as this whole video is a glorified promotion advertisement for your own product. But what we need to see if a showdown! If you want sales that's your next video. On topic - I learnt a few new things thanks to your knowledge. And those clips omg if only I knew they existed i hate multimeter probe's grrrr
@@MechanicMindset I need to learn to diagnose and repair automotive ac systems. Personally I own 5 vehicles that have non functional ac. I'm making it my mission to become an expert. I was hoping to start with your diagnosis program and move into the hvac afterwards
@MM - Excellent tutorial! 👏. I'm at the stage of seriously considering whether to go with ATS, Pico (and a third brand that now escapes me)... Decisions. Decisions. Decisions...🤔
@@jdavis8610 As it’s often the case! I suppose you could load the circuit with a bulb or test light. You just need to be careful not to overload the circuit (use a suitable load similar to the original)
@@steveguest8028 2.1V, you may only see that if you’ve just turned the engine off/take the charger off (surface charge). 12.7V is the highest I typically see
I am facing a problem that I can't solve and many garages refuse to do,reason:my car is 23 years old.After a few problems to start I managed it to start, but then in June it was all doing crank no start and blinking the immobilizer symbol. I own a Suzuki Baleno 1.8. the faultcodes the scanner spat out: P1621 and P1623. Tried to have the immobilizer written out of my ecu,not working and an emulator bypass also failed. Strange thing is my fuel pump is not humming. I tried to transfer the Ic's of my old immobilizer to a 2nd hand and nothing happens, car cranks no start. People around me tell me to get rid of the car, money is an issue but the car has an emotional value to me.I used a multimeter to check the wire from the immobilizer connector to the ecu and all wires are fine.Any direction to solve this problem? The car failed MOT( live in the Netherlands) .Is it possible because the fuel pump is not working to trigger the immobilizer codes like: The transponder not registered and communication line error? I am at lost here and I have nobody capable to solve the problem unless I pay them thousands of euro's...
@@okaforblessed Hi, you can either sign up the Diagnostic Coach annual to get it free! www.mechanicmindset.com/diagnostic-coach Or you can purchase directly. mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter
Where were the days when you did not need any of this tools.Now and again a test light.Imagine you are in the middle of a snow storm or an desert and one of the sensors or control modules go.
Dooods who can't drive a manual-gear-box car are hardly likely to try repairing their car on the road. That's what they buy expensive insurance for. Me, I'm looking for a ModelT or CJ3
@@martijn8337 We used the Fluke 1507 at JLR, you’re right, not many testers can load with significant current for the resistance check. The 1507 will power a small motor or lamp in the ohms setting!
@MechanicMindset Don't know just very similar with the auto ranging and button layout. Looks like a good meter to be fair 👌 I always find resistance is the test of a good meter
@@gannonsgarage3265 I used it for a year on training before putting our name on it; I really like it. I see what you mean; it has a simple layout and button arrangement like fluke 👍
My multimeter is a klein mm400 from home depot , its built wierd as hell , but once you figure it out it aint bad , you turn it on bu setting it to volts , but it wont measure volts , until you push function , then it shows millivolts , i tell anyone that uses it , that it was built by idiots 😂😂
@@hydrophaintconcepts4675 .........................Yep but they dont cost 15 quid do they ???? old saying..................... "you get what you pay for"
Darren, thanks for another great video. I've been a member since your membership inception, so I'm not eligible for a free meter since I'm already a current member. Is your meter available otherwise? Price, availability? Please let me know. Thank you, Scott
@@scottschantz2553 Thanks Scott! It’s likely you’re benefiting from the founders rate for joining early. The price increased to allow us to make this offer. You can still get it for a great price here and works out cheaper for you in the long run 👍 Thanks!! mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter
As far as scan tools go, I learned over the years to get one also IMMO capable; that means lots of cables, connectors, modules, etc.
Excellent training video and well presented. If one knows and understands electrical and electronic fundamentals then a multimeter can be used to great effect before having to call on the Pico for more in depth troubleshooting.
Most electricians have at least more than one multimeter of a different brand, this is because if one gets a reading that is unexpected then the other multimeter can be used to confirm the reading. I use Fluke and Brymen meters.
@@colinreid7305 For sure! It was always good to have 2 meters to hand. Also spare leads; I had some fluke leads fail on me recently!
I watched only first 20s of your video and gave you like and sub. I love working for mechanics like you. Respect man 👍
@@PatrykRElektronika great to have you! Glad you enjoyed it 👍 thanks!
only '20' seconds,,,,🤔 you're a quick learner 🙂
@@sollykhan2385I came here to check, not to learn 😉
Came across your channel by accident - was looking for multimeter info and you once reviewed the Pokit Meter.
Ended up watching this whole video and subscribing - absolutely brilliant! 😀
@@franwoon Glad you enjoyed the video!
I've downloaded app and signed up
@@redkelly1188 Hope you enjoy what we’ve got!
Excellent description of Ripple
@@sheerwillsurvival2064 You should have seen how many times it took me to draw the overlapping sine waves 🤣 Cheers 👍
@@MechanicMindset right that’s was really good
Thanks mate for really impressing upon me the importance and usefulness of a DVM. You're trsching is spot on - clear and to the point.
@@flightofthefatman Thanks! Hope it helps 👍
I like my meters from Astro. I have a DM6000AR MM and a CM4KOR dc amp clamp/MM. The test leads are junk but I made my own using silicone wire and stackable banana jack ends. I bought cases for both and assemble kits with needle probes, back probes, piercing probes, and aligator clips. All in I have less than $100 usd in them and they work perfect for automotive diags. Must have tools. Cheers👍
i so wished I had come accross this channel years ago... you are a great teacher and I can't thank you enough. It obviously earned likes and subscribed... I am an old school mechanic before the days of ECU's and mechanics have to be much more than a grease monkey these days.. something I was not trained for....
I truly believe throughout the day in the workshop the best diagnostic tool is a good Head Torch . . You spot so many more ££ opportunities and make less mistakes because seeing what your doing makes you more efficient. 'Hell', more often than not I have to put mine on just to plug the Scan Tool in.
@@jeremyjames3916 😂good shout!
You a awesome teacher
@@masongray9046 Thanks!!
Excellent video your intro was DVOMS May I add spend on the best u can afford but have a dc accuracy of no more than .5 more or less than .5 perfect examples of Vd CHEERS 10.5 OCV on a battery to me is a shorted cell.
Also be careful in amp mode you might blow your ecm if you take your load out of the circuit
I use now Uni-t 107+. But my previous multimeter was Uni-t 107, better price-quality ratio, in my opinion!
I believe that's what he is using as rebranded to his name.
what a great class Amigo , thanks
Thank you so much. I found this vary informative . I will make a point of watching more often. ck,wisc.
Excellent explanation, many thanks
WOW ! And OMG ! And also WTF ! In a one hour video, he explained Automotive Diagnosis with an inexpensive DMM better than what we have learned over weeks & months of hands-on work with costly or fiddly special-purpose or bodged-up tools.
If I ever have to defuse the trigger of a nuke set to destroy the world, guess whom I am calling for advice 😄
@@sayeretmatkaal haha! If you like this, you should see what we’re doing in Diagnostic Coach program 😃 Cheers 👍
Thanks for this great video Darren, looking good to start supplying your own 'Branded' meter's, i was expecting a 'freebie' for the 1st top comments within a short period beyond the release of the video 🙂 Lol !
I’m already a member and watch loads of you training, how do I get one of your multimeter please
@@johncook7864 Great! They are free on the new annual plan ($150/yr), or pick on up for a great price here:
mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter
Banana leads, MM sticker and diagnostic poster included 👍
Wow. What a talent for teaching. Subscribed!
@@Laralyon thanks!!
Would help if we could have enlarged setting that you set when working with
It would be easier. To remember. Thankyou
16:00 What is the standard for battery voltage?
In my country we use this:
For outside temperature +20...+25
12,7-100%
12,4-75%
12,2-50%
11,95-25%
11,6-0%
@@Saykes1994 that looks good, I found various data for what it should be. I think the important part is >12.2V is OK, below this, it’s needs charging
Great video bud
Is your battery drain diagnostic video available here on RUclips?
@@SNWxGaming That’s only available for our members Diagnostic Coach; we put on a live training, plus we have a full Battery Drain course.
We are ending the Free Month promotion this week; you can use code DIAG
www.mechanicmindset.com/diagnostic-coach
Thanks for the great video. I was impressed to see that your multimeter measures frequency for pulsed DC signals - when you were measuring the frequency of the switching signal from the MAF sensor. I've been looking for a multimeter that will measure more than the frequency of an AC signal - one like you're using. Most multimeters the frequency measurement can only count the frequency of a signal when the signal passes the 0 volt line - like in the case of an AC signal. The only meter i've come across that can measure the frequency of a pulsed DC signal, is the Fluke 87V. Which is not within my price range.
Thanks again for the great video.
Would the power probe Maestro be appropriate for automotive diagnosing Darren?
@@inagbihal8518 I don’t really use them much, but if you have a solid understanding of basic electrics, that can be a useful tool!
Darren, thanks for another great video. I've been a member since your membership inception, so I'm not eligible for a free meter since I'm already a current member. Is your meter available otherwise? Price, availability? Please let me know. Thank you, Scott
Can you share what you are using as the H7 bulb holder tool, the clear threaded housing.
Thank you for the great info.
T pins from Ebay and a centech multimeter from harbor freight save hundreds and save your sanity from so many unnecessary tools
I love my MM multimeter.
@@djmobileautoservices Glad to hear mate! It’s a cool little tool 👌
Great video.
Everybody listen please : There is nothing better than Fluke.
I agree!! that is why I have the Fluke 1587 Fc. I also own the pico 4channel. greetings from the 🇺🇸
If you mean Fluke's "da best", go ahead & marry one, NOBODY cares.
If you mean with Fluke you can repair stuff you can't with other DMMs, OHH, you poor sod, you shoulda gone to school and learnt more physics
You'd also know that only the shite workman blames the tools
Looks like power probe chart 😉
@@sheerwillsurvival2064 hm similar 👍
Demonstrate for us useing a tailpipe gas analyzer and a dmm to find a fault on an OBD2 car without useing a scan tool
The same way OBD1 diagnostitions would have to do it . Can it be done ?
@@richardnilsen5 the problem with the tail pipe analyser is all the exhaust gas has been through the cat; you’re not getting a true reading of combustion gas.
The O2 sensor and fuel trims should help. I sat on a course with Brandon Steckler recently and he is doing some cool stuff with volumetric efficiency and absolute load values 👍
You are excellent technician.
I am watching your videos from Iraq, Babylon
Please let us now where is the best site to buy diagnosis tools.
Best regards,
Mohammed
Dude. Where you get that light bulb H7 with plastic cover around it like lighthouse? I want that for using it as test tool. I like that.
@@knightmechanic It was packaging for some HID I think. Not to be used though, I will just melt haha!
@@MechanicMindset Ah. Ok. Oh I know. I would drill some holes. But still, I like how it designed. Bummer. I guess I will make one later anyway. I am too busy working as lead automotive technician, but believe it or not. I am deaf with signs language, and have wife, and 2 years old daughter, and I am smart like you in electrical diagnostic and engine diagnostic, but not in oscilloscope yet because I still haven't buy pico scope. But I do want buy one because it has cool reference waveforms. Great feature to have known good waveforms.
@@knightmechanic Yeah, it gets quite hot! Awesome, the PicoScope is next level when it comes to diagnostics; we love using it!
As much as this whole video is a glorified promotion advertisement for your own product. But what we need to see if a showdown!
If you want sales that's your next video.
On topic - I learnt a few new things thanks to your knowledge.
And those clips omg if only I knew they existed i hate multimeter probe's grrrr
WELL-INFORMED
Autel ultra for the win!! ✅️🏆
Best diagnostic tool is any portable digital scope
Do you guys cover ac diagnosis and repair in your web platform?
@@CommerEntrepro Not yet, but it’s on the list! I’ve done lots of HVAC training in the past. Anything in particular you’d like to know?
@@MechanicMindset I need to learn to diagnose and repair automotive ac systems. Personally I own 5 vehicles that have non functional ac. I'm making it my mission to become an expert. I was hoping to start with your diagnosis program and move into the hvac afterwards
Greatjob
That link in the description doesn't seem to be working.
Thanks for raising this! Fixed now
@MM - Excellent tutorial! 👏. I'm at the stage of seriously considering whether to go with ATS, Pico (and a third brand that now escapes me)... Decisions. Decisions. Decisions...🤔
@@tetttettamilli6761 PicoScope 😃
Greetings: I agree.
Thanks for the vid....but 3or4 weeks ago MM multimeter was 55'or#
I’ve chosen OWON HD2202S Osciloscope + multimeter as my main multimeter with oscilloscope function, was that bad idea?
Can you do tests for Mercedes ECU …Sl350 cooling fan?
@@michaelgallacher378 That’s quite specific haha 😅
What if the connector is hardly accessible for testing without disconnecting it?
@@jdavis8610 As it’s often the case! I suppose you could load the circuit with a bulb or test light. You just need to be careful not to overload the circuit (use a suitable load similar to the original)
The 1000v are for cat III?
I was always taught that a fully charged battery is 13.2V that equates to 2.2V per fully charged cell is this not correct ?
@@steveguest8028 2.1V, you may only see that if you’ve just turned the engine off/take the charger off (surface charge). 12.7V is the highest I typically see
I am facing a problem that I can't solve and many garages refuse to do,reason:my car is 23 years old.After a few problems to start I managed it to start, but then in June it was all doing crank no start and blinking the immobilizer symbol. I own a Suzuki Baleno 1.8. the faultcodes the scanner spat out: P1621 and P1623. Tried to have the immobilizer written out of my ecu,not working and an emulator bypass also failed. Strange thing is my fuel pump is not humming. I tried to transfer the Ic's of my old immobilizer to a 2nd hand and nothing happens, car cranks no start. People around me tell me to get rid of the car, money is an issue but the car has an emotional value to me.I used a multimeter to check the wire from the immobilizer connector to the ecu and all wires are fine.Any direction to solve this problem? The car failed MOT( live in the Netherlands) .Is it possible because the fuel pump is not working to trigger the immobilizer codes like: The transponder not registered and communication line error? I am at lost here and I have nobody capable to solve the problem unless I pay them thousands of euro's...
I've bought this model but can't sync cam and crank sensors after a engine rebuild on a vauxhall vivaro 😢
thank y sir
How can i get your DMM
@@okaforblessed Hi, you can either sign up the Diagnostic Coach annual to get it free!
www.mechanicmindset.com/diagnostic-coach
Or you can purchase directly.
mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter
Where were the days when you did not need any of this tools.Now and again a test light.Imagine you are in the middle of a snow storm or an desert and one of the sensors or control modules go.
Yeah realistic scenarios do worry me to the point of not being able to sleep at night.
Dooods who can't drive a manual-gear-box car are hardly likely to try repairing their car on the road. That's what they buy expensive insurance for. Me, I'm looking for a ModelT or CJ3
What do you use for checking equipotential bonding? I found that not many meters offer this type of testing.
@@martijn8337 We used the Fluke 1507 at JLR, you’re right, not many testers can load with significant current for the resistance check. The 1507 will power a small motor or lamp in the ohms setting!
I use the GMTO EV Multitester , it’s less then half the cost of the fluke and just as good. Yes it is a 200mA test.
@@martijn8337 cool, I’ll check it out. I got the Pico insulation tester, but I’m not sure it has the bonding test capability
The meter your using looks like a grey and black fluke meter?
😅 @ Fluke
@@gannonsgarage3265 Ha, it’s not a fluke. Which model?
@MechanicMindset Don't know just very similar with the auto ranging and button layout. Looks like a good meter to be fair 👌 I always find resistance is the test of a good meter
@MechanicMindset Darren your meter is quite accurate on the most important automotive features.....voltage and resistance measurements.
@@gannonsgarage3265 I used it for a year on training before putting our name on it; I really like it. I see what you mean; it has a simple layout and button arrangement like fluke 👍
Now i see my multimeter totally different
@@mugerwatech Full Power Unlocked!
My multimeter is a klein mm400 from home depot , its built wierd as hell , but once you figure it out it aint bad , you turn it on bu setting it to volts , but it wont measure volts , until you push function , then it shows millivolts , i tell anyone that uses it , that it was built by idiots 😂😂
@@MikeSmith-nu9wt 😂
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Glad you like it mate!!
These things do not belong in a car.
The Best diagnostic tool is your brain 😂 start their then work with the electronic tools from that point forward 🤣
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I can believe you as a professional tech is using, promoting and giving away cheap made in China, 15 quid DMM's ??
Because is nothing wrong with it. Believe or not your thousand pounds phone made there too. (Or somewhere close)
@@robertolaggo9141 "nothing wrong with it" ??????? its £15 FFS, why are Fluke DMM not £15 ???
Someone tell Steve that some Fluke products are made in China as well.
@@hydrophaintconcepts4675 .........................Yep but they dont cost 15 quid do they ???? old saying..................... "you get what you pay for"
It looks like a uni-T multimeter got exactly the same one, and works well for years now.
Darren, thanks for another great video. I've been a member since your membership inception, so I'm not eligible for a free meter since I'm already a current member. Is your meter available otherwise? Price, availability? Please let me know. Thank you, Scott
@@scottschantz2553 Thanks Scott! It’s likely you’re benefiting from the founders rate for joining early. The price increased to allow us to make this offer. You can still get it for a great price here and works out cheaper for you in the long run 👍 Thanks!!
mechanicmindset.myshopify.com/products/mm01-digital-multimeter
Thanks Darren, I just ordered one from you.
@@scottschantz2553 Thanks mate! They’re great little meters 👍 Hope you like it. We do!
Do you mind if I ask who makes this multimeter? @@MechanicMindset