Who knows - but surely clamp jaws of any size would be adequate for that? However, how one could put a clamp of any sort around the pin of a plug that was (given the insulated bits) plugged in enough for current to be flowing is a different matter!
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Intriguing ('made for Britian') Clamp meter!
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Wondering where this "26mm" might be measured from and to? or is it a diameter or something or is it a dimension that the jaw faces will open up to?
Still doesn`t make sense to me.
Still doesn`t make sense to me.
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Nonsense or otherwise, it makes it stand out from a million other very similar product listings, and you posted a link to it so turns out it's a good marketing strategy!
I only posted the link because I was asked for it - I would not otherwise have 'volunteered' it.
I suppose it could be 'clever' marketing strategy, but it would also be a very risky strategy - do you really think that manufacturers really would deliberately make ridiculous statements in documentation and advertisement in order to 'attract attention' to the product. Such a strategy could so easily 'backfire' with, as we've seen in tis thread, taking the poor documentation to indicate a 'rubbish Chinese product'!
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I knew a chap who used to choose his words very carefully.
He would say something that was ususually factually correct, however he would put itin such a way that people would likely assume something better or different. I reckon he was very cunning at it and he could always almost comment "I do not tell lies!".
Depends how you define "lies" in my book if you ask ten people then you might well get eleven different answers on that question!
He would say something that was ususually factually correct, however he would put itin such a way that people would likely assume something better or different. I reckon he was very cunning at it and he could always almost comment "I do not tell lies!".
Depends how you define "lies" in my book if you ask ten people then you might well get eleven different answers on that question!
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Current Range 400uA/4000uA
So one place it says 400 amps, and next place 4 amps, and only lists AC current range, then shows it being used on a car, last time I used my clamp-on with a car, I used the DC range, which needs a hall effect sensor, so they tend to be more expensive. And I think 358.6 amps may be a little bit more than that cable can take? And showing that when on 40 amps range?
As we have agreed, the 'documentation' is both confusing and, ag least in places, pretty ridiculous. However, as you've seen (see,pic below) as for current measurement, it appears to have 4 ranges - "μA" (seemingly AC/DC - maybe that's the 400-4000 μA?) and 4A, 40A and 400A (all AC) - so, as you say, goodness knows what's going on in the photo of high current measurement in a car
To confuse things even more, in one place it says:
I'm almost tempted to buy one to find out what it can actually do!
Ask the seller to send you an actual copy of the manual, or at least a copy of the specification page.
Yes, I could try that. However, I rather suspect that 'the manual' may not exist on paper, such that what we've already seen may well be copy/pastes from something electronic!
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I missed that
yes, seems the μA range is DC as well as AC.
Yes, seemingly so - but it also looks as if it only goes up to 4mA ("4,000 μA") - which makes it a lot less useful.
Thank you. Another person who remembers the traditional counties.
Yorkshire is even worse off: it now comprises four modern 'counties'. I still refer to the three Ridings.
Well not just traditional/historical.
The way I understands it is - Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool etc etc are still in Geographical Lancashire.
Where the Boundaries were changed then it was only the Administration Boundaries not the Geographical Boundaries'
Reminds me of a few years back there was a new world map drawn and the Balieric Islands were renamed the UK and the UK was renamed West Pakistan (and a few other gems too).
Of course it was a bit of Myrth in that instance, I did thinkit was humourous though. LOL.
If anyone has that map I would like a copy
The way I understands it is - Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool etc etc are still in Geographical Lancashire.
Where the Boundaries were changed then it was only the Administration Boundaries not the Geographical Boundaries'
Reminds me of a few years back there was a new world map drawn and the Balieric Islands were renamed the UK and the UK was renamed West Pakistan (and a few other gems too).
Of course it was a bit of Myrth in that instance, I did thinkit was humourous though. LOL.
If anyone has that map I would like a copy
Counties are messy AIUI you have
The "historic counties" that existed pre 1970s. I don't think they have a lot of modern practical/beuracratic use, but centuries old traditions don't dissapear overnight.
The "ceremonial counties" defined in the 1960s and 1970s used for the monarchs represtation.
"Upper tier local authority areas", in areas that have not moved to unitary authorities.
The "postal counties" used by the post-office until 1992 and are still included in a lot of address data. They were broadly based on the ceremonial counties at the time they were introduced but with significant differences around the borders due to mail routing and they followed some but not all of the later local government changes.
The post-office deliberately chose not to adopt "greater Manchester" as a postal county because they were concerned it could be confused with the city of Manchester. So places in Greater Manchester kept their old counties in their addresses. OTOH it looks like merseyside was adopted as a postal county.
Addresses in Manchester itself were not supposed to be written with a postal county at all, but sometimes Lancashire was filled-in anyway.
The "historic counties" that existed pre 1970s. I don't think they have a lot of modern practical/beuracratic use, but centuries old traditions don't dissapear overnight.
The "ceremonial counties" defined in the 1960s and 1970s used for the monarchs represtation.
"Upper tier local authority areas", in areas that have not moved to unitary authorities.
The "postal counties" used by the post-office until 1992 and are still included in a lot of address data. They were broadly based on the ceremonial counties at the time they were introduced but with significant differences around the borders due to mail routing and they followed some but not all of the later local government changes.
The post-office deliberately chose not to adopt "greater Manchester" as a postal county because they were concerned it could be confused with the city of Manchester. So places in Greater Manchester kept their old counties in their addresses. OTOH it looks like merseyside was adopted as a postal county.
Addresses in Manchester itself were not supposed to be written with a postal county at all, but sometimes Lancashire was filled-in anyway.
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