Last time, I forgot to mention one thing you’ll want to have to go with the clamp-on meter–a line splitter for plugging in to standard 15-amp outlets. What does this do? It breaks out the line wire to where you can clamp around it by itself. Without getting too far into the details, the clamp-on…
Month: July 2016
My New Favorite Multimeter, and Measuring Inverter and Charging Efficiency
A little while back, I posted a short writeup on a plug-in ammeter I’ve used to measure current on circuits with standard ATO blade-style fuses. When running through trying to find out which circuits have loads on them, it’s still as easy as it gets, especially when you don’t have good access to the wiring….
Having a Little Fun with Lithium Batteries
This amounts to a bit of a side project, but provides a platform for really testing what the Volt lithium ion batteries are capable of. You can tell by the image above that I’m talking about putting lithium ion batteries, from a Chevy Volt, into a golf cart. Why not just replace the lead acid…