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At $10 for a shunt I should think the wise move would be to purchase. I did not realize they were so cheap.
Just wondering. What would the shunts be made from?
Constantan wire has much lower temp. co. eff.
It available here
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and you would need 41.66cm of it to...
Thanks nickleflipper, we did indeed crosspost!
Will have to read up on Temp. Co. Eff.
I thought Nichrome had a low Temp. Co. Eff.
"If you are anywhere near Cleveland, OH, I would offer you a day-labor job at 150% of what that hourly rate would turn out to be."
But then I would not...
Thanks for all the replys.
First I forgot to mention that I am a cheap skate!!!!!!!!!!!
Batter monitors ($150) are way too expensive.
I would make my own shunt from Nichrome wire (about 2mm dia., I forget exact gauge No.) available from ebay for bugger all.
About all the data storage. I...
Fancy Hall effect current sensors
Hello,
Thank alot for the replies. I understand about needing the OP-Amp now.
Looking around I seen some fancy Hall effect current sensors here:
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Very small Voltage drop accross them but they don't go from zero to (say) 100 but...
Hello Folks,
First post so be gentle. Hope this is not a repete post too as I tried posting some time ago and got a blank page.
I want to make an Amper hour meter (not a Watt hour meter) to measure coulombs going into an electrolythic process. The voltages involved will be low (below 12...
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