How far can the meter be from whatever sensor it uses to read the AC amperage?
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The sensor coil is built in to the meter. The wire must pass behind the case. Max size is about 8 gage.
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The meter has the sensor built into its back panel and it has a hole that the ac wire is placed thru to measure the amperage. You also need to supply 120 VAC to it to power the display.
489881
The current sensor is mounted to the meter. It wouldn't be as accurate if the length of the wire run to the load being measured if it was over 75 feet. Great meter for short run loads.
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The toroid transformer that is used to monitor the amperage is built into the electronic board and mounted directly behind the meter screen. It can be anywhere you want it to be, but the wire you want to monitor has to pass thru the transformer. It will only handle one wire, one phase. I purchased two and am using them to monitor my emergency generator to ensure I don't try to draw so much amperage that I knock the generator off line. The units work very nice and look very good. Hope this helps.
489883
The meter needs the hot wire to go through the hole on back of meter to measure current.
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The wire you are reading amps on Has to pass through the back of the at meter. I put my amp meter in my travel trailer And it works great
489885
this meter has a current sensing toroid coil built in and not removable. you have to route the current carrying wire to the meter and through the "donut". I think AWG 8 or 10 is max conductor size. not for use with 220 with neutral unless you use 2 of them.
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I tested this tonight. It appears to be about 3/4 to 1 inch from the sensor.
620576
Hi,I have never actually measured it. There should be plenty enough wire to go from one sensor to the other (or, from one side of your garage door to the other) and then back up to the machine. I would say about 40 feet from one side to the other and about 30 feet back up to the machine.Kevin
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I don't see why you couldn't do that. The controller reads the probe as a value of resistance so it would really depend on the cable and wire you use. I've only used this with about a 3ft (1M) cable length. I guess you could run the wire, then test and calibrate the settings/readings on the controller, that should work. I haven't had any issues with mine. But again, I'm not using long cable runs either... Hope this helps.
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Not even sure what a kind of meter that is. Sorry. I will say you will be better off buying one of the better ( Higher priced) units. You can hook the sensors right on the wires inside the circuit box in the house. This one is cheap junk with no support and are not even sold by B&D; anymore.
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If it's only one strip, it will draw about 2amps so this meter will not read that accurately. Get one that has a built in shunt that will measure 5 or 10 amps and won't require the complexity of adding a shunt. Like this:DROK&reg: 0.28'' DC 0-100V 10A Digital Voltmeter Ammeter Voltage Current Tester Gauge Red Green Bright LED Display Five Wires Volt Amp Meter for Solar Battery Monitor Car Motor Panel Mount
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I got this meter for my solar system. It will read amps below 20 amps. I hooked it up on my 10 amp light set with only one light on and it read 7.5 amps. Not sure how much lower it will go but I would assume it would read much lower. Good luck...
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To measure current that high you would need a clamp ammeter or I would recommend the fluke i200 clamp that works with this meter. Remember that if it's AC then there is no polarity. I am assuming that your campground is supplying 120 or 220VAC
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You don't. On AC, the meter ignores any DC component, so any DC offset is ignored.
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Rating in the specs that came with the unit is for wattage only; 1000W-120V incandescent, 1000VA-120V fluorescent. I would guess the sensor is only intended for lighting, not any machinery (e.g. a fan?) that is rated in amps. You can do the math and determine the capacity is 8.3 amps.
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AC Adaptor... don't remember the wire length but it had to be at least thirty feet... probably more.
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For my uses, I do not need to extend beyond the cable length provided with the device. That said... The DS18B20 is a 1-Wire Digital Communications Temperature Sensor. The manufacturer specs state max operating current is 1.5 mA, therefore, the distance will be limited by Voltage Drop. Do not know your application, however, if distances are measured in feet, I'd speculate 20 ft with good copper conductors. I recommend using a shielded cable with shield grounded at the cable termination end only. Greater distances may be possible. Since this device is not that expensive, you could "buy it and try it."
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I don't know the answer, but I can recommend the Pyle CO meter I purchased at Amazon. It is excellent value and functions exactly as advertised.
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Check to see if here is anything too close to sensor Keep everything about a foot away
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I do not know of any meter that does that. To read DC Amps, you have to remove a lead wire from it's termination point and attach one of the leads from the meter to the wire end. Then you attach the other meter wire to the now vacant termination point. In short, the meter acts as a part of your power wire.
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It will measure current well under 5A DC. I've been told clamp on meters aren't very accurate and I think this is compounded at lower currents when the coil is influenced by other stray fields. When I went outside and did a little testing with my trickle charger (and leadtype multimeter in series) I found that it's quite accurate (within 10%) down to 0.5A but when I got to the 0.05A it was out by up to 75%. I think your results will vary depending on environment.
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David, the meter is already installed on my motorcycle so I cannot tell for sure how long the cable is. As I remember, it is unlikely it could be 8' or it would have been a much larger ball of cable, as the wire is pretty thick. It's a very good good thermometer.