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IS 120 OR LESS.  TO MEASURE A HIGHER DC CURRENT THAN THE 200 MA MAXIMUM
ALLOWED ON THE CURRENT SCALE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE LEFT HAND TERMINAL WITH
ONE LEAD AND THE CENTER TERMINAL WITH THE OTHER.  IN ADDITION, YOU MUST SET
THE FUNCTION SWITCH TO DC10A.  NOTICE THE LINE DRAWN UNDER THE CENTER AND
LEFT TERMINAL SEE FIGURE 2 TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS THE CONNECTION TO
USE.  THE INSTRUCTION BOOK HAS A SPECIAL CAUTION COMMON WITH MANY DMMS.
WHILE THE LOW CURRENT MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT IS PROTECTED BY A FUSE, THE HIGH
CURRENT CIRCUIT IS NOT.  SO, IF YOU MISCONNECT THE METER USING THE HIGH
DC10A TERMINAL, THERE IS NO RETURN, AND THE METER WILL BE DAMAGED.  THE
DIODE POSITION IS AGAIN JUST A VARIATION OF THE RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT.
WITH THE PROBE CONNECTED AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 7, THIS METER WILL READ THE
VOLTAGE DROP ACROSS A GOOD DIODE.  THE VALUE DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF DIODE.
SOME OTHER METERS READ THE FORWARD RESISTANCE IN PLACE OF THE VOLTAGE DROP.
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