On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:50:04 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 12/13/2013 9:34 AM, micky wrote:
AC clamp on ammeter only goes around one of the
power wires (power or neutral). As such, we use
a splitter, so you can clamp one of the wires
but not the other. If you clamp the entire
microwave cord, you read zero amps of current.

Oh, yeah. I get it.

I used to have a clamp-on attachment, but I bought a cheap clamp-on
meter from HF and sold the attachment for a dollar at a hamfest.
STill haven't used that either. But I probably will if I live long
enough.

I use ammeter, now and again while working on equipment.
Can be very useful information.

Hmmm,
AC ammeter, Wow! when you use it do you cut the wires to put in the
circuit or connect to breaker(switch) terminals for the equipment under
test.
Easy to make an adapter to put an ammeter inline - just make a short
extension cord with one of the wires cut and brought out to connect
the ammeter. - makes it a "plug in ammeter"