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Originally Posted by dad911 View Post
Yup, bought an earlier version of the HF one, years ago.....now the fluke gathers dust.

Need to be careful purchasing, many are AC only.
Thanks. I can focus on that caveat.

How sweet that would be.

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Originally Posted by fanaudical View Post
Yep - Just clamp around one wire and it measures the current flowing through the wire.

One issue with clamp-on meters is they sometimes don't have sufficient range/sensitivity to measure small currents. You can compensate for this by clamping around a wire looped several times (need a long wire) and dividing the total current by the number of passes of wire though the clamp.
You know you are talking to laymen here. So is this scenario e.g., for the fancy radio or security system that may be sucking too much juice?
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