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Nearly every electrical engineer has a hand held digital clamp meter 

(Tongtester). We sometimes take them for granted, until we damage them 

or “burn them out”. If you incorrectly connect your clamp meter to a circuit, 

or if you have the clamp meter on wrong setting, you damage the meter 

and  possibly  hurt  yourself.  You  can  also  get  into  trouble  if  you  try  to 

measure the voltage across a charged capacitor.

Clamp meter users frequently burn their meters by trying to measure 

current the same way as they measure voltage. Remember, you measure 

voltage across a circuit, and current through a circuit. When you use the 

current input, your clamp meter becomes a low impedance circuit element.

Even if you correctly insert your clamp meter in to the circuit, you can 

still damage your meter. Don’t try to measure current in excess of your 

meter’s capacity. Check the current capacity of the Clamp meter.

If  you  are  measuring  current  in  industrial  environment  to  prevent 

excess current from flowing through your meter, always disconnect your 

test leads from the circuit under test whenever you change Clamp meter 

functions.  Set  your  meter  to  the  correct  function,  say  current,  and  its 

highest range for the setting. If the reading is small, change the range to 

the next lower range till the reading can be read with the best possible 

accuracy. When measuring voltage, connect the test leads before your 

apply power to your circuit. To be safe, start by setting your meter to its 

highest range first.

TAKE  MEASUREMENT  CAREFULLY  AND  YOU’LL  SPARE  YOUR 
METER  AND  YOURSELF,  SOME  PAIN

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Summary of Contents for KM 111M

Page 1: ...Tester Digital Panel Meters DC Power Supplies High Voltage Detector Calibrators Gas Analysers Frequency Counter Function Generator Phasing Sticks Battery Tester Waterproof Pen Testers Solar Power Mete...

Page 2: ...nt Even if you correctly insert your clamp meter in to the circuit you can still damage your meter Don t try to measure current in excess of your meter s capacity Check the current capacity of the Cla...

Page 3: ...c Per IEC61010 Overvoltage Installation Category Overvoltage Category II Equipment of is energy consuming equipment to be supplied from the fixed installation Overvoltage Category II Note Examples inc...

Page 4: ...7 7 3 4 Average KM 111M True RMS KM112M...

Page 5: ...nal 1000MW for 400 0mV range AC VOLTAGE 50Hz 500Hz Range Resolution Accuracy 4 000 V 40 00 V 400 0 V 600 V 1 mV 10 mV 100 mV 1 V 1 5 rdg 5 dgts 2 0 rdg 5 dgts CMRR 60dB DC to 60Hz Rs 1kW Input Impedan...

Page 6: ...2 0 rdg 4 dgts 1 0 rdg 4 dgts MAX HOLD Specified accuracy 50 digits for changes 25ms in duration AUDIBLE CONTINUITY TESTER Audible threshold between 5 and 120 WW DIODE TESTER Open Circuit Voltage 1 6...

Page 7: ...9 10 CAUTION Before and after hazardous voltage measurements test the voltage function on a known source such as line voltage to determine proper meter functioning...

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Page 12: ...hority to extend a greater or different warranty on behalf of KUSAM MECO KUSAM MECO s warranty obligation is limited at option free of charge repair or replacement of a defective product which is retu...

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