3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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O&S,
That clamp meter should do the same thing as I mentioned above. Yes, you push the peak button, then turn on the compressor.
If the compressor has a regular plug and cord on it, you can use a line splitter to separate the wires, and take your reading on just 1 wire:
If you put the clamp meter around the whole cord, it should measure zero amps, becuase all the current going into the compressor on the load wire will exit the compressor on the neutral wire, thus why you need to separate wires somehow and measure just one.
Again, the accuracey will not be perfect, but it should give you a good idea for how much current is needed at startup.
mitt
That clamp meter should do the same thing as I mentioned above. Yes, you push the peak button, then turn on the compressor.
If the compressor has a regular plug and cord on it, you can use a line splitter to separate the wires, and take your reading on just 1 wire:
If you put the clamp meter around the whole cord, it should measure zero amps, becuase all the current going into the compressor on the load wire will exit the compressor on the neutral wire, thus why you need to separate wires somehow and measure just one.
Again, the accuracey will not be perfect, but it should give you a good idea for how much current is needed at startup.
mitt
