How much amperage can an alternator support? no really...

[Joshua van Tol]

The DC inductive current meters are 5x to 10x more $$$ than the AC  
only ones, and they have drift issues, but they do exist, and they do  
work. Very handy too.

On Feb 7, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Huw Powell wrote:

>
>> Inductive current meters depend on expanding and collapsing
>> electromagnetic fields - - as in A/C current.
>>
>> A current thru a wire produces a magnetic field around the wire.
>> Passing a wire thru a magnetic field produces current in the wire.
>> A stationary wire in a stationary magnetic field produces nothing in
>> the wire.
>>
>> DC current will produce a field around a wire . . .but the field  
>> stays
>> constant. No expanding and collapsing fields to produce current in  
>> the
>>   meter inductive pickup - hence, no reading.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> I think you might be wrong, based on "personal experience".
>
> I agree that it is much easier to measure AC via inductive tools than
> DC, but I did see it done.
>
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