Simple Skills - Multi del

[@duncanskeet3167]

When he says 'dark art', what he means is, 'another thing I can't be bothered to learn properly'.

[@gcbification]

More succinctly, something Del's never learnt in the entirety of his life experience working on bikes, and he didn't have the balls to admit HE is one of those who don't grasp the concepts of electrics/electronics in vehicles....and always pays an auto-electrician to do such work for him =)

[@jediknight129]

​@gcbification I mean I pay people to wire stuff I build because I'm shit at making it look neat and competent. I know enough to know I suck at it.

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

I work as an electrician in the summer, and I've got a suggestion for Del. Brown wire to the left testicle, blue wire to the right.

[@gcbification]

And green/yellow wire to the bell-end ...LOL... ;) Sadly, RCD will get in the way...

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

@@gcbification Why do you think I specifically didn't suggest connecting the earth? 😁

[@gcbification]

@@wibblywobblyidiotvision Depends if one's body is grounded or not =) Most GFCI units trip if neutral finds ground through the body -- so we'll have to use a magneto, and crank really hard & fast 8)

[@r3g3d17]

Del can take the simplest thing and make it sound 10X harder than it is. It never ceases to amaze me.

[@georgecroney6168]

"What I'm gonna do here is insert my finger into what's called my nose, it's quite fiddly but with a bit of elbow grease and determination you can actually get the bogeys out of there with relative ease" "its a bit of a dark art"

[@willadams9001]

Del: “Ain’t hard, is it?” Pen: “No Del - should I find the Viagra?”

[@jamie2046]

He said "the main thing he uses it for is..." but it looks brand spanking new fresh out the cereal box that morning lol

[@aspectcarl]

That multimeter already has a current shunt inside. A shunt a allows us to measure current flowing by measuring voltage drop across the shunt.

[@mazdamaniac4643]

I'm waiting for a Delboy video tutorial of how to make a cup of tea, where in he slams the kettle/cup/spoon/teabags/milk on his workshop bench, almost scalds himself into an A&E department, changes the camera angle to cut out the half of his workshop he hadn't just burnt down in the process, then the final video edit that clips out how he put the milk in first. Educational.

[@themayorofdipshittery3646]

Absolute belter and actually what the thick bell end would do. If we don’t understand something we educate ourselves, not the bold Delboy, he just waffles like an imbecile.

[@alexclayton7491]

The way Del clumsily handles the multimeter's dial... I feel bad for his Mrs.

[@MarioRBahnvideos]

16:55 Voltages are measured in parallel, so no (nearly zero) load is applied.

[@OTR-UK]

Thank the maker I'm watching these on your channel Matt, you have saved me from brain death.

[@anotherhonda9402]

Her description of a shunt reminds me of the Turbo Encabulator

[@archiedentone5950]

The funny part is that meter has a tone generated on the diode mode which I guess he didn’t know. That makes continuity checking much faster

[@mostlymotorcycles.]

Who reckons the blown small fuze is out of the milliamp range of his meter. I know we've all done it, but Dell would never admit to making that mistake. That would have been a useful learning tip.

[@nikoscosmos]

Volts X Amps lights up the lamps! I learnt this from the Feynman lectures in Quantum Electrodynamics, Nige.

[@defaultdriftco00]

@5:46 “it’s not easy to understand from a logic point of view.” ~Del His life story, in one line.

[@paulgreen9265]

I used to work in fire protection factory for 20yrs, we also made fuel hoses 200m+ lengths and we used to test the continuity of the anti static wires that were woven into the jacket, exposing the wires then using the multi meter.

[@stevenhoman2253]

The meter has its own supply, it doesn't run the battery your testing down.

[@FatParamotorGuy]

Dell uses the term accurate when he means precise - that just grips my shit! Gate, Source, and Drain are on MosFET transistors. Base Emitter Collector are on npn/pnp (silicon) transistors. The diode function can be used as an audible continuity tester. Diodes have low (almost zero) resistance in one polarity (beep) and high resistance in the other (no beep) at operating voltages.

[@gcbification]

Actually, diodes display a voltage drop across the junction, and this is what the diode mode on a multimeter is displaying -- the measured voltage drop across the diode, not it's resistance. That said, you can also use the resistance measurement mode of the multimeter to the same ends, but it's sometimes not the way to go (really fast recovery diodes for example, wherein the measured resistance is very low and can give the impression of a 'leaky' diode)

[@FatParamotorGuy]

@@gcbification that is correct - however this potential difference is developed across the internal resistance of the diode which varies depending on its bias and working voltage. It’s still an indicator of resistance, though you’re correct that it displays this in volts. In diode mode the voltage is automatically increased until the diode becomes forward biased and displays this voltage. Resistance mode also measures the voltage drop, but doesn’t vary the applied voltage. Diode mode can still be used as a continuity tester on these cheap Chinese meters. The resistance explanation was for simplicity, though I understand how it may make some people twitch 🙂

[@gcbification]

@@FatParamotorGuy All good man, at least you knew it was coming =^) TBH, I'm still giggling about the zero point on his chinese meter...and fortunately, Del didn't present any real knowledge and basically left it up to the viewer to figure it out for themselves. As per my other comment here, with myself being a 60+ year old fart, the very moment old Delbollocks mentioned the 'deflection' related to changing the voltage measurement range, was the moment I knew he was regurgitating something that he'd read on a website, himself not able to do rudimentary research tasks online, and presents in this vid as 'his' experience/knowledge. The reason one knows this, is the only time you use the world deflection in relation to a multimeter (and other meters), is when that is an analog meter with a sweeping scale indicator needle -- when digital multimeters appears, you no longer can use deflection to describe a digital range presented as a decimal number --- this is why I heard the non-sequitur bell ringing in my head. Turns out, you can easily recreate what's happened here for yourself...true ;) Show you how....it's obvious we both 'know what we're talking about', but what we both have to do, is dumb ourselves down, to the point of being someone who's never used nor understands the use of a multimeter...m'kay? What are you going to do? You've got this digital multimeter, and no idea how to use it, and this lack of knowledge extends to the point that you don't know the intrinsic differences between an analog and digital multimeter.....in this day and age, you're going to google it, no brainer. Perhaps the first google search should've been something like 'what is a multimeter' and you would've found out there different types of multimeter, but very likely one search string is going to be 'how to measure resistance with a multimeter' ...you'll get a plethora of results, and among them you will find many instruction and tutorial links to find out how to do this. What you will also find, is that many of these references/sites, explain the analog multimeter use first (where the word deflection has a use), with another section there-under detailing how to do the same thing with a digital multimeter. There is one reference that's pretty easy to find, if you google for the search string 'deflection multimeter', and click on the hit from electronics-notes dot com, and have a read...just read 70% of the first section wrt analog meter use, put on your delboy suit and assume you know it all, and then create a youtube vid based on 'inappropriate' (at best) knowledge on/of something, you still haven't got a clue about....lol....what's not funny, is thinking someone -will- smoke the test leads, and I'm not even sure all cheapo chinese meter have fuses at all ; pretty scary thought =^/ I can't say recommending those cheap meters is doing anyone but the sells any favours..

[@tripledaveridesagain]

that vice behind him was more useful

[@tuoppi42]

I was hoping for demonstration of current measurement, straight from the battery poles. My favourite. Alternatively, measuring the voltage of the ignition coil. Inductive loads and measurement equipment often result in great popcorn & beer moments.

[@timdawson918]

Series as opposed to parallel, might be a little too much for the bus driver, as may be the 10A max current range for the leads and meter 😎

[@gcbification]

@@timdawson918 Nah...fuse pops in the meter most times, no real fireworks =)

[@batuksri]

This is a multimeter. We are just going to touch on a few of its many functions which will help in simple motorcycle diy jobs. That is all he needed to say instead of sounding like an EE professor who is constrained by time to give a comprehensive lecture. Can’t wait for the follow up where he teaches the use of an oscilloscope as another tool to test continuity.

[@buildingracingvideos4714]

I guess when Del was in master electrician training they forgot to tell him why that fuse is covered with clear glass

[@nfkworldjapan1522]

Dark art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha Does this make me a wizard?

[@seinfeld11123]

hey bud. hope you had a good Xmas mate when Del says "huge interest" its not because of the learning factor, its the comedic value hes about to gift us LOL

[@81105gr]

Is the EBC on Dipsquirts multimeter to test the thickness of colloidal copper grease on his brake pads

[@stevepalmer5670]

How childish.

[@81105gr]

@@stevepalmer5670 do not misconstrue my comment as childish ,what is childish is your allegiance to someone who has little skill and yet is trying to impress his sycophants who think the sun shines from his nether regions ,he is a liability

[@OTR-UK]

20.40 in, current bleeding out the end of the wires? Is that not RF ? Del has made a radio out of a multi meter

[@minigpracing3068]

With modern vehicles, really should have an oscope integrated with the meter to look at sensor pulses. No need for hundreds of Mhz bandwidth, normally 20Mhz will do unless you are trying to see a data stream.

[@gcbification]

There's specific automotive DMM's that have such functions built into them -- usually they come with a current-clamp as well so you can measure the charge current of alternator and/or the current being drawn by starter motors (which are things beyond the measurement capability on most DMMs )

[@kamilbarnik448]

Ok, a few things: 1. That is a REALLY shitty meter! Do not buy that, get an auto-ranging meter (doesn't have to be a Fluke, like Matt's), they're not expensive there days 2. Don't go anywhere near the mains sockets with it, it WILL blow up in your hand if you accidentally switch it to amps (that's why decent meters have separate terminals for voltage and current measurements) 3. The input impedance of an electronic multimeter is way too high for a bike battery voltage to sag under measurement, if it does, that battery is really fubar'ed - i.e. holds NO charge, won't even power a digital clock. Want to test a battery properly - measure voltage under some load, an indicator light bulb for example 4. Don't bother with the HFE meter, you usually don't need it in an electronics shop, let alone in a garage. There are no transistors to test on a bike, unless you're taking the ECU apart, and even then, that parameter is of little interest 5. A shunt is essentially a known value, low resistance, high current rating resistor. It is used as the lady described, but doesn't have to be made out of that specific alloy. So no, fuses are not shunts, but every multimeter has at least one shunt - one per current socket, and should have a fuse per each current socket... unfortunately the one Del presented does not. Yet another reason why it's SHIT.

[@wilbertbirdner1303]

Del should've been a teacher. He's so good at making instructional videos that he doesn't even have to know anything about the subjects himself.

[@bradleybatt1401]

golden comment lmfao, thing is Del would see that as a complement!

[@ianafloat9250]

Important that a teacher has a better subject knowledge than his/her audience…not sure what that says about Del…or his audience.

[@nutgone100]

As the old saying goes:- “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach” He’d be perfect.

[@jediknight129]

​@@nutgone100 he's not even bright enough to be a PE teacher

[@d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f]

I don't think it's being pedantic, when he should be using the Correct Terminology to describe something while making a guidance for others video. Especially where electricity and the testing of is involved, quite important IMHO. This video may be aimed at Dels cuⁿlt of a following, but others will see it in their search results. Like when he said this is DC, do the novices now think that the left hand side of the meter is always the DC Range. Thanks Del! for saving us 30 seconds by neglecting to explain what the symbols by the V's mean, but sod it, only another pedantic detail i suppose lol. You often get the gist of what he is droning on about, but not all of us do, all the time. I have learned things when you've been 'pedantic' and explain why what he's just said is either, generally correct but worded poorly, or just plain wrong.

[@stevenhoman2253]

Those glass fuses can also go high, so continuity isn't the only thing you check.

[@barrycuff9421]

Don't test a fuse with a ohm meter, use a test light or volt drop test it when the circuit is on

[@archiedentone5950]

gate source drain is a FET transistor. Which is similar but different to the emitter collector base of a bipolar transistor

[@stevepalmer5670]

Geek.

[@nauroticdax]

"full range deflection" now that's a phrase I have not heard in a while...mostly because the last person I knew to use an analogue multimeter was my 70y/o uncle. (for anyone doesn't know deflection is how far the needle moves away from 0 on any analogue gauge making full range deflection how far it CAN move from 0...del seems to think there is a needle gauge on his digital multimeter...while I'm at it accuracy and resolution/range are 2 totally different things)

[@tntcyclespdx]

I knew how to use a Multi-Meter until I listened to Del, now I'm confused.......lol

[@nigelhicks6457]

Electric current bleeding out the ends is the best! Clearly he struggles with the definition of current which explains why that part of the meter is unused

[@Rubberweasel]

I still get shit from some of the older guys for using the tone check on my meter instead of OHMs like I'm not getting a good enough measurement when just checking if the wires connected at the other end. Most of those mini fuses have open points on top so you don't have to pull them to check.

[@stevenhoman2253]

Its got a transistor tester for NPN/PNP.

[@kamilbarnik448]

A simple skills video should have a few "do's" and "dont's" I think, i.e. - take special care while measuring current - all the other measurements should be pretty much fool proof, current is not - especially don't connect the meter across a bike battery or especially a mains socket and try to measure current - it WILL blow your mains fuse as well as something in the meter (preferably a fuse) - connecting the wires backwards is not forbidden, it will simply give you negative readings ;-) - measuring resistance in a live circuit is generally not a good idea, although it shouldn't damage a decent meter, a good meter will survive it when connected to the mains (tested) - if you plan on measuring the mains, make sure your meter has HRC fuses - they handle severe overloads a lot better than those dinky glass ones that Del showed One other thing I would suggest: get your meter, set it to voltage, connect it to your bikes battery, watch the reading, start the bike, let it run a bit, stop the bike, watch the reading for a couple more minutes. It'll give you a better idea of what's normally going on in your bikes electrical system then all of Del's videos ;-) ... just my $0,02

[@chasingcapsaicin]

I've got a Meg`o analog from the 70's, nicked off a pole, nailed all sorts of problems and the 45V battery last me 15years+ at this point.

[@aspectcarl]

What about the ammeter function! Does he not consider batteries going flat due to small quiescent drain being an issue. Many posts in bike and car FB groups where batteries are discharging overnight or a week.

[@ianchalmers3206]

test the coils- handy, why is the kill switch busted?- good, voltage drop on start up- useful... could have shown that stuff on the bike that's leaning on him.

[@waynedl99]

Literally, this week, my Aprilia (yes, shockingly, Italian electrics) decided to blow its reg/rec, so I got the multimeter out and tested the stator before fitting a new reg/rec (and risking it going boom). This involved a resistance check and AC voltage checks between each of the 3 yellow wires. I also tested some other stuff before discovering my reg/rec was dead, using a multimeter for its purpose, ain't 'ard is it lol I must say though, at no point during all this testing, did I think I 'looked cool'

[@waynedl99]

@@conkerman01 what?

[@TheDaboiski]

@ Wayne Large, I know for a fact, intentionally or not, you did look cool 😎😁

[@waynedl99]

@@conkerman01 ha ha, yeah, as it was being pushed into the recovery van, or as it was in pieces ?? :)

[@waynedl99]

@@TheDaboiski Nobody looks cool, with their tongue stuck out, squinting, while trying to probe (ooh..) their bike, looking for faults.

[@mazdamaniac4643]

For that last sentence alone, you were in fact, a very cool dude. Glad you got it sorted as well for bonus cool points.

[@chasingcapsaicin]

Love to see him try and demo testing line voltage or explain three phase rectification off a dyno ffs

[@grim6107]

what's a "bell end " ?

[@admiralglass]

Just came across your channel, fuck yea dude love it and subbed.

[@richcunningham3939]

Another gem! Cheers!!

[@Manuqtix.Manuqtix]

Why is it dark by you? Is it eskom load shedding?

[@stevenhoman2253]

For diode check, which ensures that a diode only permits the flow of electrical energy in one direction.

[@archiedentone5950]

It also in just about all meters contains the continuity buzzer

[@marcos3ltrv6]

@@archiedentone5950 Not the very cheap ones, the one he uses is THE cheapest available

[@marcos3ltrv6]

I never bother with the diode check function tbh, for nearly all automotive testing a continuity check in each direction will tell you if its functioning (ie blocking one way only) but possibly if teting components.

[@proluxelectronics7419]

He overcomplicated the issue by using a multimeter, an automotive meter makes more sense in the environments he describes. It is dangerous to mention any other options, i.e. the ability for the meter to read voltages over 15 volts to someone without the ability to use a meter and with access to mains voltages (basically everyone)..

[@mattkemp1902]

Depending on who you get to wire up your lights, electronics can indeed be a dark art.

[@waynedl99]

funny when working on 6v bikes or AC lighting systems :)

[@jediknight129]

ah a fellow Lucas client😊

[@billymanilli]

Nice equipment, Del!! That thing is 7 dollars on amazon (with free shipping).

[@theonlyredspecial]

So it’s a video of del basically not showing you how to use most of the functions. What’s the simple skill here? Making a 15 minute video showing basically nothing ? With the cop out that electrics is ‘boring’. I doubt people click that expecting to be watching an action packed transformers movie - they want to know or they wouldn’t have clicked it in the first place. Effectively we call that video ‘talking bullshit’ in Ireland. Don’t really need a multimeter for that.

[@gafrers]

Simple skills: proceeds to explain nothing. del saying "knowledge is power" is such an oxymoron. Even when he has that "power" he doesn't use it.

[@killbasa2000]

Del's multimeter you can get for as low as 6 pounds including delivery from amazon uk...While FLUKE that Matt has will set you over 150 pounds or so...

[@thedirtyworkshop]

You can get a fluke 101 for about £60

[@timdawson918]

@@thedirtyworkshop I like the way we weren't shown how to measure "amps".... from the, off the cuff "volts and amps ranges" comment @ 11.20mins in. That shitty meter 🙄 and High Quality.... leads 😳 set, would go up like a cheap Chinese firework at New year.... 😎

[@gcbification]

@@timdawson918 Del's understanding of these things is such, he looks to measure AMPAGE =)

[@killbasa2000]

@@thedirtyworkshop Still 10x more for a decent one xD

[@Davidthomasv8]

I always thought a shunt was widening something

[@mattblackledge9068]

You're right its ok to read up on google if you're not sure. Whats wrong is to do a bloody tutorial on it.

[@stevenhoman2253]

Why would learning something useful ever be boring???

[@czarekp3552]

Every meter was created, to make things easier, Del.... How much is the ticket bus driver, Del? See.... simple !!!

[@macauleyc64]

I'll be late for work one day with rate these are getting uploaded

[@stav2002]

Bit weird that you only understood what a shunt was when the man explained it even though they both said the same thing. Lol.

[@thedirtyworkshop]

It was a joke... it was to show how easy it is to find multiple sources on a subject.

[@fuzzy1dk]

electroboom made it perfectly clear in 1 second

[@stav2002]

@@fuzzy1dk so did the woman.

[@fuzzy1dk]

@@stav2002 she did?

[@stevenhoman2253]

Diode continuity, continuity. Voltage, resistance. ( which we know is useless ) and amperes. Not that much to grasp. It won't tell you what your friends had for breakfast.

[@81craw]

Did he get that meter out of a cracker ?

[@1mouse3]

My brain hurts listening to this del guy 17:00 That meter puts almost no load on that battery. If its falling fast when you put that meter on that battery it is not holding the charge at current voltage, you need to wait to see if there is a voltage it holds stable. If it flat out falls bellow 11v for a 12v battery, there is a issue with the battery. To load test say this 12v battery it needs a load applied, say use a starter to see if stays above 10v cranking to check if good. 18:20 A test light is quicker to test fuses when in the fuse panel. 20:13 Wire on its self is resitance to flow of current, so the longer the wire the larger the gauge needed to transfer the same amps of current without over heating the wire. Making heat in the wire is loss of power at the output of the wire. Say under load one side of the wire checks 12v and the other side check to be say 11.50, That wire is good for the load. Say under load one side of the wire checks 12v and the other side check to be say 9.50, that wire is either bad or too small for the load given 23:40 those leads for the win, I have a similar end and another that will poke a hole in a wire. 24:00 I like the fluke 78 since can also do rpm and dwell For me I am mostly using a test light for simple stuff and for advanced stuff I grab my fluke 105b to get a wave form. A scope is good to have even if a crude one, it gives a means to see if there is a stuck pintle in a injector or checking coils for correct opperation for example. Checking coil you need to be carefull since the secondary is high voltage that can burn a meter, use a cop probe for secondary and 10:1 attenuating probe for primary. Having a scope/meter has the benifit of adjustments for probs where can use the meter side to get amp reading with a amp clamp. Can use a standard meter with amp clamps but would have to do math in your head to convert the reading to the actual amps. If you have a scope with a long capture time there are other things you do, say with the amp clamp you can crank a engine to check for a dead cylinder. A meter is only as good as the user and this del guy is not far past there is spark so must have adequate voltage state of mind.

[@dinsdalepiranah8759]

Rambling critique which, from the beginning, displays an attitude of fault-finding and mean-spiritedness. Looking for a more constructive, positive approach. Won't be back

[@thedirtyworkshop]

You won't be back? Awww... 😞

[@grahamhider3754]

Nice one again Matt

[@aspectcarl]

9 minutes in, fearless forecast "he avoids the transistor checker socket" and rightly so for a simple application 😁

[@motorcyclegarage2307]

V over I R . well said Matt. Plus, Minus, On, Off. Positive and negative. ( how does dell get earth as we ride on rubber Tires )!! And yes continuity can be tested by a light bulb probe, open or closed circuit

[@keithf8890]

Eyup,Northern.On a basic level you only need a volt meter and a continuity checker.Thats all I use my multimeter for 99% of the time.Just to check for a circuit.Resistance only gets used for diagnosis of a dicky component,say a coil,for example.He could have shown simple ways of checking wiring from a plug and follow it through on to the next and so on.But no,quell suprise.Ill have to wait for episode 2.All the best.

[@pinussylvestris]

It could be a dark art, if he short curcuit something 🤣

[@lionreza]

That meter hes holding is a 3quid special from Amazon

[@ledegraw]

Matt change the lightimg it makes you look like a klingon, perhaps warfs brother an I couldn't stop smiling thanx for the laugh and the information exchange as usual.

[@MrMichaelfalk]

No Delboy - it should say 2000mV because it will show mV not V, 1 volt will show 1000 not 1 - he does not know this because he has never used it.

[@dogpaw775]

Del should have made a fabrication video for that timber engine support. WTF!.

[@TheDaboiski]

😂🪵😂🏋️‍♂️

[@greggbrassett6989]

If I had asked someone how to use a multimeter in relation to my motorbike, I would’ve wanted to see them show me where to touch the red and black probes on their own bike to find out what I wanted to find out, and tell me what the numbers mean. Not tell me about the shape of the multimeter and the stand on the back, and tell me how to test if a fuse is broken other than the easy way (looking). Ohms, resistance, continuity, current, amps, volts, are all just words unless he shows where to put the probes, what to turn the dial to, and what the numbers mean. That bloke who comments regularly (he seems to dislike you), I couldn’t be bothered to remember his name, saying at least del has a go… I have a go at anything and everything in my back yard. I could do videos so people could have a laugh at me dropping tools and losing springs and nuts and stuff, and swearing at myself, and see that I’m not a lazy git who doesn’t try, but that would be the only aim of my videos. Del doesn’t think he’s ‘having a go’. He’s trying to be a teacher, and he goes on as if he’s invaluable to us all. Incidentally, I have a shunt in my head. For hydrocephalus tho.

[@coalcutter]

Del struggles with electricity but he isn't the only one

[@MrDEANOSCOOLVIDS]

Yes bit he shouldn't try to teach the subject then

[@phawkings2]

Seriously dude, get a life and leave this guy alone. He's doing his thing whether it be right or wrong...let people decide. You go do your things. Must be nice to be a genius.

[@thedirtyworkshop]

I am doing my thing, thanks for the permission

[@philipbell3187]

I blow the fuse inside the meter,he didn’t show you how to test the fuse from the meter ,go on dell show us that , mat that’s definitely going to confuse him .

[@OTR-UK]

5.44 in Matt you forgot the horn us bikers like the horn

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

OMG clueless. Can you. Imagine him trying to explain ohms law in detail.

[@gcbification]

LoL

[@gcbification]

@@conkerman01 I think the only laws Del is aware of, are the ones the coppers are paid to enforce =)

[@allanhughes7859]

I tell you what matt I would hate to be interviewed by you for a job.. Jesus man alive talk about stress !!! You remind me of one of my old C/O'S he always frightened the shit out of me and to make matters worse he eventually got rid of me!!!! At this point I am begining tofeel sorry for del boy ?? The sad thing is it does make great viewing sadly at his expense but as always if you put your head above the hill you will eventually get your head shot off as I have found to my cost and del is slowly finding this out !! Bless him !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisyln8808]

hfe of a transistor is the highest frequency and gain that it will operate

[@fuzzy1dk]

no, it is the current gain

[@archiedentone5950]

@@fuzzy1dk correct and is why that won’t work for FETs

[@jeremycable51]

I got to ask I’m a new follower is there a reason why your picking on this fella allot I mean I agree with ya just curious

[@WyreForestBiker]

History ... a long history !

[@bikevault2302]

@@WyreForestBiker should put the energy into something positive instead of this constant attack on the guy.

[@MultiBruce3]

@@bikevault2302 agreed, it's getting boring now.

[@thedirtyworkshop]

And this is why I originally made these videos private, because you lot can't adult properly.

[@danielr82]

The story is: Del, makes a bunch of videos, in these videos he claims to know what he is doing. (says he's 30 years experience, used to run a repair garage etc.) he (frequently) does things that are a bad way to do things, either, poor practice, dangerous, a very long way of doing something, a great way to break tools. - whilst claiming to be a master. KZbin offers (or used to offer) a few ways that the community could rate videos and the information contained within. - one of these was the (now hidden) like/dislike button, but (as pointed out in this video) Del hid that on this video (read, the ratio was poor (lots of dislikes) so to save his own face in public, he's stopped people being able to see that the video is not useful.) Another mechanism that KZbin offers that might provide some feed back to the community is the comments, - but where negative comments are put on videos, they are deleted by Del. In the end we're left with Del doing stupid or dangerous things, offering his weird little experiments as received wisdom (saying he has professional experience) and then removing any kinds of dissent on his video -so new people actually looking to learn are not able to know or understand that copying what he's doing is likely to ruin their day, or cause them to make a job cost more, or end up with a poor quality or dangerous result. Mat started commenting on Del videos some time ago, and in response to this Del suggested that his viewers should go and flag Matts videos for copy right claims etc, in the hope that Matt could get enough strikes on his channel that his videos, and all his work would be removed. When the amount of people commenting that Del was an idiot (or worse) increased on Dels channel - as people went there. Del decided that Mat was harassing him, and called the police. - and Mat was visited by the police who relayed the concern that Mat was orchestrating a campaign of online hatred and abuse towards him. So why does Del remove anything that suggests that he's not doing something right? - there are only two possible reasons. Either, Del is telling people to do stupid, dangerous, or wasteful things and removing anything that contradicts him because he values his own standing as a perceived expert in the community more than the people who watch his videos. or Del is telling people to do stupid, dangerous, or wasteful things and removing anything that contradicts him because he values a few quid in KZbin add revenue more than the people who watch his videos. (and I'm honestly not sure which is worse.) You should consider this (The Workshop) video series a public service.

[@stevenhoman2253]

Is that the cheapest multi meter in the world?

[@midlandt4249]

After watching dels soldering vid I was concerned to see your crocodile/alligator clips wasn't covered with heatshrink !!! They could cause a fire or something worse you know??

[@ianafloat9250]

“Enormous amount of interest”…I needed to make a video about something did didn’t involve butchering a bike.

[@gadnuk7159]

You should just redo these videos the correct way and post them up. Would be more helpful than “look at this idiot”. I get this is for entertainment but I miss the informational videos from you to be honest. Not my channel, not my choice. Keep doing whatever keeps you on youtube

[@OTR-UK]

The dark art of electronics? No years of graft and learning..

[@gcbification]

Frigging epic fail from the get go -- a digital multimeter does NOT display deflection, it displays a measurement reading digitally --- only an analog meter demonstrates deflection of the gauge indication needle....total boofhead. And how come he didn't grab a wire and cut through a few strands, to demonstrate the wire 'gaining resistance' as per his previous vid about soldering....and did he mention the fuse(s) inside the multimeter that can blow?....nah, he probably throws it away and buys a new one...what a muppet =)

[@tomo870]

Electrics/Electronics isn't a dark art, it's a lack of underpinning knowledge that's the problem, coupled with the fact that the screamer Del is continually spreading his mucky seed of dis information among the masses can only end in fail.🤦‍♂️

[@a-q197]

CAT III, I wouldn't be probing the mains with that thing in hurry. Don't buy these things, get a pocket ANENG for a few quid more, or import one of the cheap Fluke Chinese market DMMs.

[@tomas19cronin]

Continuity for checking fuses is wank 😂 but he’s been a mechanic 30 years so I’m waiting for him to explain why

[@stevepalmer5670]

Why is it wank?

[@stevenhoman2253]

I'd be shocked if he thinks of himself as anywhere near logical.

[@stav2002]

Matt, you just labelled yourself a cabbage.

[@Ravan_Caw]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@shaybell9909]

Should change the title of this series to "Simple Skills with a F***** Simpleton".🙃 I'm guessing XTC wrote the song "Mayor of Simpleton" about the Delmeister??😂😅🤪

[@themayorofdipshittery3646]

In Delboys world he must think everything smells of shite simply because that’s what he spouts all the time hence everything gets coated in his shite/rantings 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@jediknight129]

was this just an excuse to flex your fluke collection?

[@wilbertbirdner1303]

why does Miss galco have to shout so much?