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John Ammeter wrote:
> Please, either change the subject title or quit this thread...
>
> You know how you can be in a room filled with people all talking at once
> but you'll instantly hear when someone mentions your name?? Well, I am
> getting tired of seeing my name posted every day on RAH...
>
> How about changing the name of the thread to "ammeter"? At least, with
> the lower case it is not so obvious to me.
>
> BTW, if you can believe it... I retired from the Meter Department of a
> large public Electric Utility as the Crewchief for all
> Commercial/Industrial Metering for our very large city.... I have had
> enough references to my name and what I did to last several lifetimes....
>
> John Ammeter
>
> COLIN LAMB wrote:
>
>> I've been making shunts for years using a box of paper clips. I
>> measured the resistance of the full clip as .025 ohms, so part of a
>> clip is less resistance in a linear relationship. Larger paper clips
>> have less resistance. Depending upon the current drawn and the
>> sensitivity of the meter used, you may need to consider heat
>> dissipation and of course consider the insulation. I solder taps and
>> they work fine.
>>
>> Far easier than using so many feet of wire.
>>
>> Colin
>>
John, you have nothing on my grade school shop teacher. His name was
...drum roll...Woody Rafters. Swear to God! And speaking of which, he
was the local Episcopal minister's son.
Rip
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