Especially out in Essex. ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
Random question. DC clamp meters good to 40A. Any suggestions? Got something I need to measure that I don’t want to disconnect.
Edit: don’t expect something expensive as this is a one shot measurement
I beg to differ, as aleays in those choices. My baseline would be the Beha-Amprobe CHB35-D.
If you could wait some, a used Fluke/LEM/Metrawatt... would most certainly not be sooo far away.
But there is a alternative. That would be one of the adaptors. Two things make it worth considering:
1 Failure rates of displays etc., which are duplicated.
2 The capabilities of your multimeter(s)
Anything beyond the Fluke 87 offers multiple detection functions, offset etc. Definitely useful with a hall clamp. One of the older Fluke, can't find the designation: angled & slightly gun-shaped, was an exceptional sturdy and reliable thing. And some of them are fine to use with a scope too.
I guess it shows that was associated with power electronics frequently. Those are what I have besides a Tek AM503-A6301:
MX1200S ITT Metrix AC/DC Clamp Ammeter, 1000A (RMS, CosPhi, Output, 3ph. adaptor)
Unitest 93425 Ch. Beha AC/DC Clamp Ammeter, 0..200/600A (RMS)
AC/DC Hall Clamp, 100kHz; 30A PR30 LEM HEME BNC output
AC/DC Hall Clamp, 30kHz; 40/400A PR430 LEM HEME BNC output
AC/DC Hall Clamp, tbd kHz; 100/600A AM600 ITT Metrix 4mm output, 10mV/A, 1mV/A
The 93425 is with me more than 20years now and still working fine.