When you need a multimeter for testing electrical equipment around the home, it's vital to know what all those symbols around the dial mean.

[Rajendra] tipped us off to this really slick hack he’s done to allow his multimeter to tell the ambient temperature. He’s basically measuring the output of an LM35 temp sensor that he has mounted in ...

Open the hood and find a place to set your multimeter. Open the coolant reservoir or radiator cap to access the coolant. Pro Tip: If you don’t see any coolant in the reservoir, or at the top of the ...