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Unread 19-07-2011, 12:14
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Re: Measuring motor current (anyone tried this?)

Mike,
A sense wire from each end of the #10 wire is all you need. If you search StangSense here on CD you will find a solution using a Maxim battery charging chip that we used many years ago. We used the same one foot piece for each channel.
Al
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