What is the actual Amps this product gives. The site says 2.29 but some one rates it at 3.0. Has anyone stuck a multimeter in it and actually seen it?
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How many amps of electricity the panel will produce depends on the amount of sunshine falling on the panel. With this panel on a bright sunny day I was getting between 2.3 and 3.0 amps with a multimeter. For me it has been a great panel for camping.
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I purchased this item for a friend of mine. I called him & asked if he new the amperage. His reply was that it replaced an exiting unit & fit perfect & it worked off 12 volts. This item was used in his RV & replaced his old unit which is used to detect propane leaks. Hope this info is helpful.
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I don't have an answer for that since I have only used it for house voltage. If I can find a 3-10vac source I will test it for you. but off the top of my head, I can't think of anything I have that I can use. sorry.
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I took a look at all the paperwork and packaging that came with the unit, and the current (amperage) was not indicated anywhere on the unit. However these units work off of high voltage (17,000,... V indicated on the box) and very low current (In the 1-4 milliamps range, or .001 -.004A .) remember 1 amp can kill a person, and .01 amps can severely hurt or burn you.
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I was unable to get the meter to read low amps. It would show amps when the load reached 40 amps and higher. Tried everything even with shunt. Customer was content to having a volt meter that would show voltage dropping on the inverter system.
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Not sure how small but the display comes up as 000.0 and I have read .5 amps. Hope this helps.
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115vac 3 prong, 2 amps when dumping ice into bin, 1.6 amps while making ice. So far it's working great in my rv. I only checked previous questions and copied this answer here, sorry, I can't lift it to read, but this seems correct. It's a great little unit if a little noisy...Hope this is helpful. Viv
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The clamp is not that accurate. I think its good for testing starters, alternators, etc. I just don't think it would it would work for trying to see less then an amps worth of difference. I wouldn't bother using it to measure anything less then 10 amps.
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Label on the side says, 115vac/60HZ 2.5 amps. I don't have my clamp on meter here to give actual.
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I've used the MS2108 to measure 12vdc parasitic current on my RV. Not sure of the overall accuracy (don't have another meter to compare with), but it did seem to be reasonably stable down to 100ma (only used the clamp-on function). I didn't make any measurements less than 100ma, so I can't comment on measurements less than this.
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I used a variac and was able to go above in voltage by 1-3 volts. The amps were able to reach 2.88 without issue as well, the heat that is generated is concerning.
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I have 3 in service and I just tested one on the bench by reversing the source and load. They DO NOT read current in the reverse direction.There is info on the Amazon Site as how to hook up the amp meter. The yellow wire goes to the load negative
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I haven't done that yet. I'm not putting more that two amps through mine. but I would imagine that you would burn it up. I seriously doubt it is going to read over 9.99 amps. If you are determined to try this, before you try to put 30 amps through it, I would add a shunt in the circuit ahead of the amp meter.
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Well, first off, there is no voltage gauge on this model. The gauge is for amperage. There could be a lot of reasons for the amp gauge appearing to not work - a disconnected cable inside (that happens), a faulty gauge (rare, but possible), no load on the charger (are the battery cables connected securely?), timer knob not set from the "OFF" position (very likely), Volt/Amp selector not set from the "OFF" position (also very likely). These types of gauges are not entirely useful anyway since they basically only indicate an approximate reading that suggests the darn thing is turned on. If it appears to be running and if you have a voltage and ammeter, you can test both to see if it's putting out proper power to match the settings. The only complaint I had about this charger is that the internal fan is crap.
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I don't know of an online diagram for it. I just checked all of my assumptions on a multimeter, rather than trusting documentation. If you have specific questions, I will be happy to help.
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It will read DC Amps but accurately, I was reading a 3Amp load. I would suggest with all cheap meters to replace the probes and spend a little money $15/20 on a decent set of probes. Then it will read DC amps accurately once I replaced the probes.
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Hi Joseph, what I found is that the 200A meter needs a few Amps before it starts registering, this is due to the high current range... This is assuming you have wired up correctly...