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Speo

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Milliammeter to ammeter ?
« on: October 15, 2004, 07:50:22 PM »
I have a milliammeter that has 5 milliampers at the end of the scale.

Is thare anything I can do to be able to measure 1-5 amperes ?

Can I put a resitor in parallel ? or something like that ? ...


Thanks,


Florin

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John II

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Re: Milliammeter to ammeter ?
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2004, 09:01:22 PM »
This web site might have your answers.


http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/shunts/shunts.html


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Speo

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Re: Milliammeter to ammeter ?
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2004, 09:45:39 PM »
Thanks John, it's exactly what I was looking for.
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Re: Milliammeter to ammeter ?
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2004, 10:16:44 AM »
Surplus supplier:

http://www.allelectronics.com/


Search for shunt. They have several up to 600A. I buy from them routinely, so far no problems.

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Re: Milliammeter to ammeter ?
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2004, 11:23:10 AM »
Not that clear
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