A multimeter is very useful around the home for testing any electrical connections and circuits. They are used to measure voltage, resistance and current. Unless you are a qualified, licensed electrician you are not permitted by law to do and electrical work on any buildings, apart from 12 or 24 volt systems that are not connected to the mains power. For all your household electrical work call your local electrician in Gold Coast . Multimeters are easy to use, the most common type being a digital model that displays the readings on an LCD screen, some older styles such as an analog multimeter use a needle on a variable scale to show the values. Some of the useful things you can do with a multimeter: · Test Batteries Often people have a few old disposable batteries lying around that have kept because it’s uncertain if some of them still hold a current of it they have expired. A multimeter will very quickly tell you if they are worth keeping or not. ·