Trailer Battery Usage
I would like to measure refrigerator current on my trailer battery when fridge is on propane. Got the Sears 82369 Sears ClampMeter Never having owned a clamp meter before, can someone explain i...
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Measuring it on battery cables you will measure the "battery" current. Not the fridge current.
1-1.5A is what it draws when cycling. Plus something little when not. Big question is how often and how long it cycles, and for that you need to measure not amps but AH.
But, if the purpose was to learn how to use clamp on meter, for future needs, go ahead, put it on either wire.
1-1.5A is what it draws when cycling. Plus something little when not. Big question is how often and how long it cycles, and for that you need to measure not amps but AH.
But, if the purpose was to learn how to use clamp on meter, for future needs, go ahead, put it on either wire.
