I have wanted to use a DC clamp on meter to measure current above 5 amps and I had bought years ago when I worked for the metal company and it lasted for a couple of years of use but one day I tried to use it and it was not working properly anymore so
I basically used it to see how much current the electric magnet lifting device was using to determine weather or not it was functioning properly and how good the battery was in it
I also used on semi trucks to determine weather or not the alternator was functioning properly or not and what the starting current was too determined if there...
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I will add something to this as well you do have downloaded the firmware and make sure that your system recognizes the device I personally could not get the FireWire to work correctly but could get the USB 3 cable to work but you do have to get the USB 3 PIC card from them for it to work correctly on older systems and your system needs to recognize it as well in the device manager
If you have a computer that has USB 3 dose not necessarily mean that the device ( Windows 7 ) will be found I ran into this issue with an older system
I also have very new computer and it has...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-25-2024, 08:14 PM.
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How well does this meter do on DC current measurements I know how well Flukes do on AC current measurements but have no experience with them with dc clamp meters and if you want for DC current measurements is worth the extra money compared to the Fluke 902FC
Because I am looking at this one but I want to know is worth the difference between the one I have and the capability of this one
Fluke 376 FC True-RMS AC/DC Clamp Meter
[url]https://www.ebay.com/itm/326098598337?epid=13032164274&itmmeta=01HWBZJ2PQFKFG9K8NF5C97QTZ&hash=item4becfdb9c1:g:5uoAAOSwRy5krNe6&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwF%2BEBCipfYfD5wQ6Esl1rg1UGDcNqKzOJtU804mpwjqo4jnMfev4fI0PX32DH4yf%2FgKtYOVjgIhVv%2BH%2BLWOwRrT1qZfw387mv7ZtEwWljDrtZiBd8fZ5ZL1OvGJFNKaz2ORgG85qFPAyJYnRRZSvF43eQqtNeY5NaW7Ona9qpJv8ueTGuqjr6E%2F4mCNv5UA10%2FdJlEhVqeAmPul4zZRm%2FBypTE%2F7oHj2zcglV%2FffUxKMEyhrK1hCcAVZK1hHqQ%2Fo6A%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8yryP_iYw[/url]...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-25-2024, 07:21 PM.
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This is nice to know because I was thinking the same thing but was not sure if that was the case or not but I have not had time to research it yet so that was catch my interest in this particular post
You made the comment on “Most” can you please elaborate more on this aspect of this comment —> which ones can not be made to work and what do you need to know about this statement
I do have a question about where do you exactly inject the dc voltage at the rectifier or at the filtering capacitor
I noticed that you mentioned that the rectifier needs to have...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-24-2024, 06:11 AM.
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This is an interesting topic I was wondering about weather or not you could inject dc voltage on a switching power supply and not burn something out because of doing something like this
I have one question and that is is there advantage doing this in dc current or wattage wise than just use ac voltage...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-23-2024, 07:29 PM.
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Maybe I will work on next weekend if I do not have to work at my job on Saturday I have not felt very good today to really work on anything much...
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Well I took out the two original switching power supplies and tried to fit the new switching power supply and it is just a little bit too long but I have to figure out if I cut the metal off on the end that has the terminal connections do I still have enough room for the modified secondary switching power supply boards if not then the new switching power supply will be mounted on top of the dual soldering station and or mount the switching power supply inside of the dual soldering station and mount the secondary switching power supplies on top of dual soldering station and put them in a small...
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Well yesterday I made up my mind about the computer/battery testing machine/soldering station wall about weather or not to run two different circuits for this wall I decided to run two separate circuits in the underground plastic conduit on wall and up to the ceiling and down the other wall on the other side of the shed to the electrical panel box on the wall but I used underground romex wire but removed the outside covering so that 4 wires plus one ground wire otherwise not all the wires would fit in a 1/2” conduit
The battery backup is going to be on a power strip to hook up...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-21-2024, 08:05 AM.
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I almost forgot about this project but not completely forgotten about it I just had more important projects to work on but I still need a battery operated soldering/ desoldering station but I still have a couple of things to work out from when I was originally working on this project
Stay tuned more to come hopefully soon...
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I seriously doubt that you will be able to read the MCU because a lot of them are locked from being downloaded unless you have what call a token or something similar to that...
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One thing I would add if you are going to use this type of component on a board that has surface mounted parts and you want to use through hole components you can but keep your components leads short as possible and use hot glue to keep them in place and not ripping the components traces from being torn off the board another option is to use very thin wire to the LED and still put some hot glue on the wires to keep them from falling off the board from vibration and breaking loose...
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The second secondary switching power supply board is 90% done now I have to take out the switching power supplies out of the dual soldering iron / desoldering gun station and install the modified secondary switching power supply boards and mount the switching power supply to the device enclosure and wire both sides of the device to the main switching power supply and torch test for several hours and get some other projects done or as completed as I can but still be using the soldering station and give a real good work out...
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I have ran it for last several hours in the idle position so that the capacitors in the 12 volt 3 amp switching power supply can reform and in the morning I switch off until I have more time to fix up the testing cables that I mentioned earlier in another post about what I am going to do
Now I have to finish up the electrical wiring on the wall that going to have some of the computers that are going to be used with the battery testing machine that I have been working on for last couple of months now
What I have left is to put in the electrical outlet in the electrical...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-14-2024, 06:09 PM.
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Recap an Adjustable Power Supply DC 0-48 / 0 to 10 A going to use it to charge battery packs
I have a 24 volt version of the same type of switching power supply but that one I am relocating to meter module and I might do the same thing with this one but I have to modify an enclosure that is not made for this type of switching power supply in fact I am not sure exactly what type of switching power supply it actually fits because none of one's that I have the screws holes do not line up and not even close but the switching power supply fits in the enclosure
So I have take out the switching power supply board out of its enclosure and drill the hole so that it can be mounted...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-14-2024, 05:53 PM.
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Well I got done putting the original switching power supply back in and the 12 volt 3 amp switching power supply in as well and rewired both switching power supplies together and tested it to make sure everything worked correctly now I have to torch test at 20 amps to charge and discharge a battery cell and make sure everything is working properly and I can start testing some battery cells for a project that I have in the works I already have the battery cells I just have to test them and get the buss bars for them and put them in a battery case that was meant for marine use I have the BMS balancing...Last edited by sam_sam_sam; 04-14-2024, 01:52 PM.
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Well I got the second secondary switching power supply boards about 80% done and testing the second one for about an hour or so just to make sure that everything is good to go and then I will remove both original switching power supply in the dual soldering iron / desoldering gun station and put in the modified secondary switching power supply boards for the controller and the vacuum pump and the cooling fan and see how this works out if things go well then I will finish it permanently and put it into service and go from there
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I have this on another post but I going to add more to this thread
There was an issue with the switching power supply yesterday when I was testing it at 5 amps and higher that the display was getting a little bit brighter when the 5 volt rail was loaded more than the 12 volt supply rail this would be an issue over long period of time this is the reason why this was not used and a boost converter was used because of this issue which I now understand why it was done this way
I want to put another cooling fan on the controller board that controls the display back light and...
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New project for a 9 volt @ 40 amp switching power supply for a 8.4 volt battery pack that I am going to build for dual battery cells I want to build a 9 volt battery powered power supply for some 9 volt device that I have because I going to use some buck converter that controls voltage and current to charge the battery pack and a boost converter for the output
I am buying it from the same eBay seller that I bought the 18 volt @ 20 amp switching power supply from
They also sell a 13.8 volt @ 30 amp switching power supply that I also going buy in a couple of months for...
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