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- From: khartman@fnalo.fnal.gov
- Subject: Re: How does a clamp-on ammeter work?
- References: <1eckcsINNb78@uwm.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:50:08 GMT
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- In article <1eckcsINNb78@uwm.edu>, ballen@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen)
- writes:
- > The title says it all:
- > "How does a clamp-on ammeter work?"
- > I'm thinking about one of the gadgets used to measure the
- > current in an automobile charging circuit, for instance.
- > It has a pair of thick "jaws" that encircle the lead in
- > question, and a meter that reads out the current passing
- > through the encircled region, without intrusively breaking
- > or touching the wire. Does it sense the B field? If so, how?
- > Thanks,
- > B. Allen
- >
- > Please reply to ballen@dirac.phys.uwm.edu
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- I understand how the AC clamp-on ammeters (eg. Amprobe) work,
- but could someone explain how some models can measure DC current as well.
- This puzzles me, since the ammeter is basically a clamp-on transformer, with
- the clamp being the core. If the current in the wire under test doesn't
- alternate, the transformer won't work. Am I missing something obvious here?
-
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- Any takers? Thanks for the info!
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-
- Ken
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