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@ScientistSmithYT I don't know about a special meter, but you might also look for a clamp probe you can use with the meter you already have.
@ScientistSmithYT Agreed - don't expect anything useful in a combination unit. Look at Rogowski coils - that's probably the closest to a "clamp" connection for that kind of current.
The other way of doing it is to get a split-core current transformer
@ScientistSmithYT get a 200:5 utility CT and use it as a step-down with a clampmeter on the secondary wire, just make sure not to open-circuit it s secondary ever!
00:41
Once you start to look at "extreme" ranges, like >1kV or >100A, you're probably looking at custom front-ends to allow a meter to measure those values indirectly
 
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02:15
@W5VO 'tis why I suggested a utility CT -- they should be reasonably easy to get and reasonably accurate. (HV probes seem to be more widely available than high-current ones, even, I reckon)
 
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07:00
@Shalvenay hi:-)
If you can give your some thought's on my problem?
07:22
Hi folks, I want to buy a bunch of electronics parts (transistors of any kinds, diodes, resistors, etc). Could you tell me the cheap online shop for these (maybe from Shenzen China)?
I might purchase 10 units per item.
for learning basic electronics.
 
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14:51
Hello
I want to know why multimeter doesn't show voltage and current changing in an alternating current, and only shows a steady number ?
 
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16:18
@parvin Because if the number on the screen changed 50 or 60 times per second it would be very hard to read.
In general your eye will blur things together if they happen within about 1/10 or 1/20 second of each other.
@ThePhoton so does it show the peak voltage and current? how would I know how the waveform is like without oscilliscope?
@parvin It has either a peak detector (for a cheap multimeter) or an rms detector circuit.
If you want to know the waveform, an oscilloscope is the correct instrument to use.
Here's an example of how to measure the rms voltage:
 
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JRE
JRE
17:24
@parvin If set to AC, then your meter will measure RMS. You can't tell what the wave form looks like with a simple multimeter. You need an oscilloscope of some kind.

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