Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread andy pugh
On 17 March 2013 09:18, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/current-transducers/0259362/

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread Alex Joni
:43 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question On 17 March 2013 09:18, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread kqt4at5v
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, andy pugh wrote: On 17 March 2013 09:18, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 March 2013 14:08, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/current-transducers/0259362/ looks cheaper. It is also direct voltage output, which might be more convenient. A bit higher priced for the kit over here If I make my own boards it would be cheaper I am

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread Kent Reed
On Mar 18, 2013 10:12 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, andy pugh wrote: On 17 March 2013 09:18, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread ed
Kent Reed wrote: On Mar 18, 2013 10:12 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, andy pugh wrote: On 17 March 2013 09:18, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread andy pugh
On 18 March 2013 14:08, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: How do I calibrate it Borrow a clamp-on multimeter? http://www.maplin.co.uk/dc-ac-current-clamp-multimeter-629713 -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-18 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 3/18/2013 1:21 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 18 March 2013 14:08, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: How do I calibrate it Borrow a clamp-on multimeter? http://www.maplin.co.uk/dc-ac-current-clamp-multimeter-629713 At that price, why not buy it? Of course the OP said calibrate. I come from a

[Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread kqt4at5v
I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper Richard -- Everyone hates slow

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Jon Elson
kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper I used some similar tamura Hall current sensors in a project some years ago. You

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Richard Ray
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, Jon Elson wrote: kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper I used some similar tamura Hall current

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Richard Ray kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, Jon Elson wrote: Beware of getting magnets near the sensor, it will be affected even by the earth's magnetic field, so if you pick up the equipment and move it, the zero will shift. So does that

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Jon Elson
Richard Ray wrote: On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, Jon Elson wrote: kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper I used

Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Marius Liebenberg
You will not be likely to get 100A through a 1mm conductor. The best solution in this case is a current transformer with a rectifier circuit if it is AC and an Arduino. I am busy with just such a project for my plasma machine. Remember to put a very low ohmage resistor across the transformer