Ok, I'm trying to measure the amp on the cable going to my P4 that I want to run 24/7. The first time I did it I did it without reading the manual, and it may or may not have shorted that time (it did ...

When you are diagnosing a potential compressor problem, you need to measure its amp draw to get a correct assessment of its vital signs. The best way to determine the correct amperage draw for a ...

A multimeter and its test leads allow electrical workers to reach into an energized panel, touch live circuit components with the end of the test leads, and capture electrical readings like voltage, ...

High-side current sensing detects downstream shorts and avoids many sources of electrical noise and EMI. For over a century the standard method of measuring amperage has used a current-shunt ammeter ...

An optimal way to determine an op amp's input capacitance. Steps involved in making the input-capacitance measurement. 1. With a series resistor at the op-amp input, the input capacitance of the op ...

PREVENT FAILURES: Performing a more detailed inspection of a compressor might reveal a system issue that could lead to a failed compressor. November 22, 2020 Replacing a compressor is rarely a simple ...

Modern high-speed operational amplifiers (op amps) are designed with settling time in the range of nanoseconds. This time is so brief that measuring it within a ...

In today’s boats, electric power rivals the importance of engine horsepower. Even the electronic control unit on today’s marine engines—that brain that makes outboards and inboards do what we want ...

Hi all electronic gurus out there.<BR><BR>I appreciate your kind advice in advance for what I did wrong.<BR><BR>Recently I was hooked into assembling a tube amplifier. As a starter, I began buying ...

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