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Electronics => Hardware and Tools => Topic started by: bigtoy on November 26, 2011, 08:41:15 20:41



Title: Cheapo DC clampmeter?
Post by: bigtoy on November 26, 2011, 08:41:15 20:41
Does anyone know a source for an el-cheapo DC clampmeter? Note that critical 2 letters: DC. There are plenty of cheap clamp multimeters on eBay but they all seem to be AC current only for the clampmeter part. A DC current clampmeter requires a hall-effect sensor in it, and I haven't yet found a cheapie that contains one.


Title: Re: Cheapo DC clampmeter?
Post by: bbarney on November 27, 2011, 02:16:58 14:16
build your own
http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30669/article.html


Title: Re: Cheapo DC clampmeter?
Post by: bigtoy on December 02, 2011, 08:27:17 20:27
For anyone else who might be looking, here's the best I've found. $38 at DealExtreme with some decent reviews.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/uni-t-ut203-digital-clamp-multimeter-ac-dc-600v-400a-max-15220 (http://www.dealextreme.com/p/uni-t-ut203-digital-clamp-multimeter-ac-dc-600v-400a-max-15220)