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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!hone!informer1.cis.McMaster.CA!hwfn!not-for-mail From: ac199@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (Tim Vanderhoek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Memory Checkers; Now Clamp-on Ammeters Date: 3 Nov 1996 19:16:37 -0500 Organization: Hamilton-Wentworth FreeNet, Ontario, Canada. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <55jcl5$pi6@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> References: <55ge1k$n3v@Symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote: > > Rubbish. I have sitting in my lap here a 1996 electrical distribution > catalog from Omega (www.omega.com) that lists clamp-on ammeters that > measure AC and DC amperage, voltage and resistance. (although how they > measure _that_ without making a hard connection I have no idea) The Any electrical current will generate a magnetic field, wether AC or DC current. > I have also used clamp on ammeters to measure amperage in electrical power > cables that have multiple conductors, so I know that your second statement is > not correct either. accurately? I suppose it's possible, but I'm not sure I would trust it without checking the measurements against known good ones... -- tIM...HOEk The opinions expressed above are mine, and if my employer shares them, that's his hard luck. --