All the homebrew power supply decks have voltage and current meters, then all the modulators and RF decks also have current meters. If you run both rf and modulator off one power supply, you get an indication on the power supply of the total current.
I use the radio shack meters (they used to sell) because they take a small hole and used to cost $6.00. Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Schmidling > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 6:57 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] PW Supply > > Brett gazdzinski wrote: > > > Its also poor practice to put the current meter on another deck, > > what happens when you want to use the power supply on something > > else? > > Yes indeed! How convenient to tune the RF deck while > watching the plate > current meter about 3 feet below it. > > The idea of putting a meter in the "something else" is not exactly > appalling. > > js > > -- > PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm > Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber,Gems, Sausage,Silver > http://schmidling.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
