Re: Meter Shunts ??

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr@xxxxxxx>

If I understand what you are saying...
heres the answer...

a meter shunt is basically a very fine tuned low power resistor. It will be 
specifically buillt for a range of current to pass thru it but have enuf 
resistance to allow for a small voltage drop. While the majority of current 
goes thru the shunt, along with the minimal voltage drop, allows for a 
meter to function off of the voltage difference  and we are talking minimal 
voltage drop ( current in the 50 mA range) to operate the meter.

Scot D



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Thomas DeGregorio <tommacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi I'm so confused about meter shunts. I need one for a high current 
> application but I think it would be good to use with my TC too. Oh it's 
> for my surge generator. I never used a shunt before and to me it seems 
> that shunts drop the current but not the voltage, is this true? I can't 
> seem to figure it out. Yeah really do know where else to ask this question 
> so I figured I'll just pop a quick one :)
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Tom