Re: (ET) one blade not cutting well

[steves <ssawtelle erols com>]

Most clamp-on meters are AC, but they make AC/DC clamp-ons too. They use 
a hall effect probe and are very accurate though you need to set the 
zero periodically (like old-time ohmmeters). They are also considerably 
more expensive than AC only meters - $80+ (even on ebay). But very handy....

_ SteveS


David C Robie wrote:

> How the heck are you gonna get a clamp on meter to read DC?    I have an
> old fashioned handheld  'generator and starter'  tester that reads the
> magnetic field through a DC wire, but it is not accurate. couldn't
> discern less than 5a or so difference.  
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> Dave
> Weymouth MA
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