Originally Posted by Gibby
Originally Posted by WeimsnKs
Originally Posted by Spotshooter
I always loved watching a guy use a clamp on meter for the first time and capturing both wires and sayin - huh this is a bad line.



I bought 3 of my amprobe clamp-on for pennies on the dollar from pawn shops this way.

Me : May I check this meter ?
Them : Sure
Me: Finds a drill on the shelf, puts the clamp-on around the cord. Press the trigger on the drill. Hmmmm must be something wrong, needle don't move. I 'll give you $ _______
Them. Ok

Not my job to teach electrical theory.


I did that exact same thing many years ago at a yard sale. Got a very nice analog A.W. Sperry clamp meter for nothing. Great for watching a load in a circuit that jumps around a lot. Sometimes better than Min/Max/Avg. on the DMM's.

We have an old analog at work that I will break out once in a while for that exact thing.

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