Testing my epee

[epeelion]

Ok, all I have is a volt meter (my body cords are at the club). I know how to test a foil with just the little clamps, but how do I test an epee (e.g.-do I attach one to the guard and one to the socket like in foil?)

[Purple Fencer]

Ok, all I have is a volt meter (my body cords are at the club). I know how to test a foil with just the little clamps, but how do I test an epee (e.g.-do I attach one to the guard and one to the socket like in foil?)

connect one of the leads to the A receiving socket and teh other lead to the B socket. You should NOT have continuity.

Depress the tip....now you SHOULD have continuity.

Do the weight and shim tests like at the strip

Presuming those pass, put the leads on B and C and press the tip down again...you should NOT have continuity here...if you do, check and see if a wire is caught under the nose of the grip, a loose or exposed wire is touching the guard or socket bracket, or perhaps the wire is grounding out inside teh base of the barrel.

[epeelion]

Damn, that's what I thought...that means my volt meter is dead. Thanks though!

[twisterfencing]

epeelion,

Take your red lead and black lead and have them touch each other. Make sure your dial on your meter is set on something like rx1 or rx10, this is you ohms setting.
If they touch, and nothing goes off, them maybe its your meter.

Start on this end first. Then do what Sam is telling you.


Gary Spruill

Damn, that's what I thought...that means my volt meter is dead. Thanks though!

[Purple Fencer]

epeelion,

Take your red lead and black lead and have them touch each other. Make sure your dial on your meter is set on something like rx1 or rx10, this is you ohms setting.
If they touch, and nothing goes off, them maybe its your meter.

Start on this end first. Then do what Sam is telling you.


Gary Spruill

Oops! That's what I get for using a Danbox so much!! i forget about how the small ohmmeters work!

[brtech]

And two, no four more things.

Most multimeters have zero on the RIGHT and infinite ohms on the LEFT of the scale, opposite that of volts and amps.

Most multimeters have more than two sockets for the test lead. You want the Common/Ground/Negative one (black lead), and then you want the one that has Ohms/R/Resistance (red lead). Usually its the same as volts.

Multimeters have a battery. The battery is needed for the ohms test. If you are sure you have the meter on the right scale (Rx1 or Rx10) and it doesn't move the meter when you connect red to black, change the battery. On most analog meters, the battery isn't used for Volts testing, so you can actually use the meter to test it's own battery (take it out of the meter to do the test however). Digital meters need the battery to do anything.

And finally, if/when you do get it to work, notice if the resistance is less than 2 ohms when you depress the tip. If your meter is Rx1 this is easy. If it's Rx10, it's harder. You need to zero the meter. With red firmly connected to black, adjust the knob so it reads zero (all the way to the right on most multimeters). Digital meters autozero.