User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Models 175, 177, 179 True RMS Multimeters
- Models 175, 177 & 179 True RMS Multimeters
- Contacting Fluke
- "Warning" and "Caution" Statements
- Unsafe Voltage
- Test Lead Alert
- Battery Saver ("Sleep Mode")
- Terminals
- Rotary Switch Positions
- Display
- MIN MAX AVG Recording Mode
- Display HOLD and AutoHOLD Modes
- YELLOW Button
- Display Backlight (Model 177 and 179 Only)
- Manual Ranging and Autoranging
- Power-Up Options
- Making Basic Measurements
- Using the Bar Graph
- Cleaning
- Testing the Fuses
- Replacing the Battery and Fuses
- Specifications

Making Basic Measurements
7
Testing for Continuity
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
AIK06F.EPS
Measuring Temperature (Model 179 Only)
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
80BK1 Type K
Thermocouple
Probe
Vent
or
Pipe
RANGE
AIK10F.EPS
Warning: Do not connect 80BK1 to live circuits.
Testing Diodes
+
__
Forward Bias
Single Beep
+
Reverse Bias
Good Diode Good Diode
_
+
Shorted
and
Bad Diode
Open
_
CAT
+
Bad Diode
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
RANGEHOLD
MIN MAX
AIK07F.EPS