Wow! A clamp meter for $29

Norm C - we have purchased hand held UHF radios from the company - very good quick service - so that part appears OK. Know nothing about the items you wish to purchase.



A J

Norm,

I had a look and am not sure if it is for DC. There are heaps of 240V clamp meters around at $20-$30, but I've always been told $150-$200 for a 12 volt unit.

I'd love to have one to clamp onto the leads of my solar panel but cannot justify $150.

Jim.

Norm,

I have an AC/DC meter from Jaycar: Jaycar QM1563 Works well and is small enough to get into tight spots. Look at not only the maximum ratings but also the resolution at the lower end as this is where you'll be measuring most of the time for things such as solar. Got mine on special before Xmas for $79.95.

Adrian

Damn you Norm, you just cost me $54.28! :)

As others said; the Andrews meter (Andrews is an excellent supplier btw) is AC only so I went looking on E-bay on your behalf and bought one of these:

Clamp meter on Ebay

for some odd reason this one is $2 dearer than mine? Anyway it looks OK from the specs. but if you want to wait a week or two I'll do some serious tests on it and let you know.

Mike Harding

PS. Make the most of it, cheap Chinese stuff won't last for too much longer.

Looking at the specks it does not read dc amps.

Jonl

I bought one very similar to this one ( ebay 290254108018) over 12 months ago and it works well on both AC and DC amps.

look at jaycar. they have one that you plug into youre current multimetre . about 20 dollars