You are precisely right. The user difference is that the "regular" ammeter must have the circuit interrupted and the ammeter connected in series with the circuit. To check starter current draw for instance, you would have to unhook the starter cable - at the starter or battery - and hook the ammeter between the cable and where it was originally connected. An inductive ammeter does not require insertion in the circuit, it is simply clipped around - or placed against - the conductor (depending on the meter type), and does not require any alterations to cables, circuits.etc. and will give you a reading in seconds. ----- Original Message ----- From: stanley/ Randolph To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:07 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Electrical
The induction ammeter has a coil that encircles the wire in question and the current going through the wire sets up an electromagnetic field that the coil interrupts; strength of current determines voltage induced in the coil which the meter displays as amperage. Regular ammeter is inline with the flow and measures directly. I'm not an electrician but I believe this is accurate; any electricians out there, correct if I err... Stanley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: wayne crull <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2009 1:47:31 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Electrical Worth a shot. What is the difference between an induction ammeter and just a regular ammeter? On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: I'll take a crack at this, it sounds like a starter issue more than a battery. The battery wouldn't come back that much but the starter would cool off. See if anybody has an induction ammeter to see how much the starter draws hot / cold. Just a guess... --- On Fri, 5/1/09, wayne crull <[email protected]> wrote: From: wayne crull <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Electrical To: "nighthawk_lovers" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 12:51 AM OK, here is a good one. The last couple of times I have gone for a ride the battery has appeared to have drained. Here is an example of the ride. Lots of twisties, so in the range of 6-8k rpms and lots of 2nd and 3rd gear. The ride has been roughly an hour from departure to return. Once I get home I have either shut it off intentionally or killed it trying to maneuver back into the garage. So when I try and restart the engine turns over real hard and on the second push of the starter it grunts to a halt. I just went out and restarted it and it fired right up. I love issues like this. Let me know if you have experienced this or know what needs to be fixed. Wayne 83 CB650SC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
