CarNewbie9
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- Claire
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great news!
clamp meters are a little more challenged with respect to accuracy but maybe this will not matter if you are noticing big differences. I do most of my testing with in-line meters but also have experience with current clamps and probes here at work. I guess another way to state this is that they can both be accurate but a current clamp will be more expensive.
of course the clamp meter is much more convenient so hopefully this works for you.
Originally I was going to skip the amp clamp and go with just the in- line meter you mention. However, the YouTube video above includes what seems like a great method, using both. The idea is to test the amp drop across the fuses only when the amp clamp shows a spike in amps. I think this will help me narrow down the problem fuse.great news!
clamp meters are a little more challenged with respect to accuracy but maybe this will not matter if you are noticing big differences. I do most of my testing with in-line meters but also have experience with current clamps and probes here at work. I guess another way to state this is that they can both be accurate but a current clamp will be more expensive.
of course the clamp meter is much more convenient so hopefully this works for you.
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