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beenthere

beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
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Pretty easy - just get a digital panel meter and use a shunt resistor for measuring current. That is good for DC current. AC current is harder, as you need to rectify the equivalent voltage and use a specialized IC (or make an equivalent circuit) to extract the RMS value.
 
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