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Re: Measuring motor current (anyone tried this?)

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Originally Posted by billbo911 View Post
Now, if the breaker had a few hundred ohms of resistance......
I'll take 0.1 Ohm!
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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk View Post
and it took me 3 years to do the first one.
Oh, so you're the guilty party? Nice job with it, BTW
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Originally Posted by Dale(294engr] View Post
120A CB has tightly controlled resistance of almost exactly 1 milliohm
Exactly the information I was looking for! Perfect, and thanks.
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
a one foot length of #10 wire in the negative lead of the speed controller input.
Thanks Al, I was headed in that direction, until Dale's comments. This is for a one-time measurement, not a monitor, so less is better.

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