[PLUG-TALK] What is using electricity?

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Wed Jul 19 05:09:12 UTC 2017


>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> writes:

Russell> Another option is a clamp-on current meter that plugs into a
Russell> DVM.  You may be able to do the measurement in the breaker box,
Russell> to narrow your power draw down to a circuit.  It happens, I've
Russell> got a couple of them, if you want to borrow one.  It looks
Russell> vaguely like this:

Russell>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-AC-Clamp-On-Current-Probe-10-100-1000A-Fluke-i1000S-/142363677781?hash=item2125895455:g:5Y8AAOSw7U5ZAXD4

Russell> P.S. you need to agree in advance not to electrocute yourself,
Russell> violation of this agreement will be punishable by death or a
Russell> really nasty shock.

Actually, it's this one:

  http://www.fluke.com/fluke/vnen/accessories/Current-Clamps/80i-600A.htm?PID=55355

I found one of them.  It measures the net current through the center of
the clamp and generates 1mV per amp.


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Russell Senior, President
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