Test Wires

NOTE: The following assumes prior knowledge of using a multimeter!

Voltage and Resistance Wires	Amperage Wires

Both are made from a couple dollars worth of stackable banana plugs. The red plugs are RS#910-4235 and the black are RS#910-4236. Make sure the plugs purchased will actually fit into the meter you have.

The Volt/Ohm wires are made by replacing one of the electric connection ends with banana plugs. The discarded end could be re-used for the Development Breadboard, if desired.

To make the Amperage wires, carefully separate the pair of wires from each other. Around six inches of separation should work well. Leave one wire in tact, but cut the other one. Attach plugs to those ends. I found it easiest to bend the wired and snip down the middle as opposed to dragging a blade in between the two wires, but I might be spastic with sharp objects! ;)

Electrically, here is how things look:

Above is a picture of an uncut set of wires.

This is a picture of the wires modified to read amperage. One connector goes to a motor or sensor, the other to the programmable brick.

The connector above will read resistance of devices outside of a circuit or voltage across any type of sensor or motor while in a circuit. Just place the connector in parallel (so wires are in line with one another, NOT perpendicular).

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