SeriesLabQuizGamesSearchCourseOur workAbout & contact
LESSONWorkbench Skills · Part 4EP.156 · 24 s

Workbench Skills Part 4: Continuity beep — find a broken wire

Cover of the lesson: Workbench Skills Part 4: Continuity beep — find a broken wireComing to YouTube soon
Subscribe on YouTube Follow on Instagram
// WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Power OFF, beep mode: a beep means a path (good wire or fuse), silence means a break.

// LESSON NOTES

Is this cable broken? Find out in 2 seconds! 🔊

1️⃣ Unplug it first — never test a live circuit. ⚠️
2️⃣ Turn the multimeter dial to the beep symbol (continuity).
3️⃣ Touch the probes together: BEEP! The meter works. ✅
4️⃣ Put one probe on each end of the wire:
🔊 Beep = the path is good
🔇 Silence (OL) = there's a break inside ❌

Works on fuses, switches and PCB tracks too.

Read the voiceover (transcript)
  1. Is this cable broken? Find out in two seconds!
  2. Unplug it first. Turn the dial to the beep symbol.
  3. Touch the probes together: beep! The meter works.
  4. Now touch one probe to each end of the wire.
  5. Beep? The path is good.
  6. Silence? There's a break inside!
  7. It works on fuses and switches too.
  8. Next, Part five: measure resistance. Follow for Part five!

Related lessons

EP.115 · Workbench Skills · 2Workbench Skills Part 2: Measure voltage — is this battery dead? EP.99 · Workbench Skills · 1Workbench Skills Part 1: Meet the multimeter — every symbol on the dial EP.154 · Home Electrical · 10Home Electrical Part 10: Net metering — when your meter runs backwards EP.151 · Microcontrollers · 8Microcontrollers L08: Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040)