Pete C. wrote:

What I highly recommend for general use is:

http://www.harborfreight.com/digital...ter-96308.html

This is a very nice, compact little clamp meter (AC only clamp) that
is dirt cheap. The only real drawback to it is the somewhat expensive
batteries it uses, but they seem to last a long time. I've compared
this meter side by side with the TPI / Fluke combo and they agreed on
the various loads tested.

I have a couple HF clamp meters, and the both work fine (both of mine use 9v
batteries). I leave one in my welding bucket, and stick it on the lead so I
can get a better idea as to how much current I am set to (the indicator
needle on the welder is rather inacurrate.