Amp Clamp meter with extras - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Rutger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2011, 02:57:36 pm
content: Hi, does anyone know of a (inexpensive) Amp Clamp with the following extra features;AC/DC voltageFull Resistance rangeCapacity test for larger CapacitorsDoesn't have to be True-rms or high Amp rangeThanks for your feedback.Rutger

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2011, 03:18:53 pm
content: How about this one?http://www.peaktech.de/productdetail/kategorie/zangenmessgeraete/produkt/peaktech-1650.htmlIt's a fully speced multimeter with a clamp stuck on. Cap: 40n-4mF.RRP in Germany is 83,- EUR.Is also probably available under other brand names.

author: Rutger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2011, 03:29:35 pm
content: Quote from: david77 on September 02, 2011, 03:18:53 pmLooks good, but I don't see it for sale here in the USA. Thanks.

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2011, 03:41:23 pm
content: Maybe this helps:http://www.cem-instruments.com/en/pro/pro-509.htmlThis is the original manufacturer in China and I think this is the equivalent of the Peaktech 1650.

author: PetrosA
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timestamp: September 02, 2011, 03:50:40 pm
content: How much do you want to spend, and what size wires do you need to check?

author: Computeruser
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2011, 04:17:55 pm
content: The Extech 830 does pretty much what you want. It is mid-priced, neither cheap, nor expensive. I have one of these and I like it. .. C

author: Rutger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2011, 12:08:19 am
content: Quote from: PetrosA on September 02, 2011, 03:50:40 pmNo more than $ 200, small wires no bigger than 6 gauge.

author: Rutger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2011, 12:17:30 am
content: Quote from: Computeruser on September 02, 2011, 04:17:55 pmLooks good, thanks!

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2011, 02:52:39 am
content: I would even recommend checking out some of the Greenlee and Amprobe clamps sold at Lowes. I recently got a Greenlee CM-450 there for ~ $65 that is actually pretty decent. I chose it over the Amprobe because it's True RMS (the Amprobe was not...) and was made in Taiwan instead of China. It uses a coin cell battery, has an extra one included in the packaging, has probably the smallest clamp I've ever seen (which comes in handy in some of the crowded panels I work in), does up to 600V AC/DC, 600A AC, 40 MOhms, frequency plus diodes and caps, but I don't have specs for that handy. Newegg has it for $54.99.The only thing I don't really like is that there's no back light. For now, though, it has become my main troubleshooting clamp meter.

author: Kozmyk
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2011, 04:45:17 am
content: I got one of these for $53.39 postedhttp://www.mastech-hy.com/products_detail/&productId=f19ccd65-5d75-4b24-98f8-5c8931550683&comp_stats=comp-FrontProducts_list01-004.htmlCap range goes to 4000uf, how high do you want ?