Have you ever tried measuring the voltage in any outlet? It's pretty easy and comes in handy also, it'll help you not accidentally burn anything up or any other acceidents. You just use a multimeter, which is what the picture below is. When you use this tool make sure the probes are touching metal in the opening. Also don't just jab them in, just stick it in the opening enough to touch some of the metal.
(When I did this I had to set my multimeter to the AC voltage.)
(When I did this I had to set my multimeter to the AC voltage.)
Something you should know about the wall outlet:
- The left opening is neutral.
- The right opening is hot.
- The bottom opening is ground.
If you're ever curious and want to try this out here's some questions...
*Place your red probe inside the hot opening (right) and the black in the neutral (left). You should get numbers between 110 and 120 V.
- What did you get?
*Place the black probe in the ground opening (bottom) and the red probe into your hot opening (right). You should get 110 to 120 V.
-What did you get?
*Place the black proe into the ground opening and place the red probe into the neutral opening. You should get a 0 V reading, (or maybe a small decimal number like 0.5 V.)
-What did you get?
*Place your red probe inside the hot opening (right) and the black in the neutral (left). You should get numbers between 110 and 120 V.
- What did you get?
*Place the black probe in the ground opening (bottom) and the red probe into your hot opening (right). You should get 110 to 120 V.
-What did you get?
*Place the black proe into the ground opening and place the red probe into the neutral opening. You should get a 0 V reading, (or maybe a small decimal number like 0.5 V.)
-What did you get?