battery ampage

[johnnyjb]

I tested the ampage of a 1.5 volt aa battery with my meter recently and the battery got very hot .How did that happen

 

[Adam_151]

because it was sourcing many amps to feed into the short circuit you applied to it

 

[tim west]

I tested the ampage of a 1.5 volt aa battery with my meter recently and the battery got very hot .How did that happen

In current mode your meter has a very low resistance and looked like a short to the battery.

WARNING!!
Be careful a shorted battery could explode in your face

 

[KingboyD]

Errrr you set your multi meter to amps and stuck a battery across the terminals! No wonder it got hot!! The amp setting creates a circuit through the meter usualy upto a max of 10A or 20A, in other words you shorted it out.

 

[Steve]

Some people are a danger to themselves.


A battery connected to nothing has no amps!

 

[Stoday]

Your battery is now fu - err - rendered unservicable.

 

[tim west]

Your battery is now fu - err - rendered unservicable.

sounded like jack douglas's character Alf Ippititimus for a second there