1st post. I've been nosing around the internet looking for an Electronics related BBS and this site appears to be where the smart guys hang out. Which of course begs the question, "What am I doing here?" But I'll do my best.
I had actually hoped to be a little more prepared before posting, I'm just about thru reading Chapter 1 at All About Circuits, but as usual something has come up.
What's the best way to connect a shunt to a DC Ammeter? It's a 100 Amp meter with a 50mv shunt that I figger must be .0005 ohms? A half a milli-ohm? Is that right? If the resistance is that small I'm thinking a couple of long 22 ga wires would hardly be appropriate.
So ....... I've got some 8ga wire, but I'm wondering if some brass strips would be even better? Hobby shops stock .005 brass shimstock I could cut up and sandwich. Some copper bar stock seems like it'd be good idea but I'm not knowing where to source any.
Thanx for any responses. I'll do my best to fool you guys into thinking I'm at least half way intelligent ....
SP
I had actually hoped to be a little more prepared before posting, I'm just about thru reading Chapter 1 at All About Circuits, but as usual something has come up.
What's the best way to connect a shunt to a DC Ammeter? It's a 100 Amp meter with a 50mv shunt that I figger must be .0005 ohms? A half a milli-ohm? Is that right? If the resistance is that small I'm thinking a couple of long 22 ga wires would hardly be appropriate.
So ....... I've got some 8ga wire, but I'm wondering if some brass strips would be even better? Hobby shops stock .005 brass shimstock I could cut up and sandwich. Some copper bar stock seems like it'd be good idea but I'm not knowing where to source any.
Thanx for any responses. I'll do my best to fool you guys into thinking I'm at least half way intelligent ....
SP