Re: Meter Shunts ??

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Original poster: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

A diagram of what you want to do would help. Are the + and - rails
floating, grounded or center tap grounded? Connectng anything high
voltage to a panel meter is a really bad idea.

Measuring any current you can near the voltage closest to ground is good,
then you're only dealing with a few mV which is harmless.

What do you mean by high voltage and current in this project?

KEN

> Original poster: Thomas DeGregorio <tommacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Oh so do you think that I should use of two resistors instead, since I'm
> just using the meters in high voltage and or high current applications. I
> can just use the two resistors one on the positive and the other and the
> negative, so the it's balanced. Then just make a ratio of the voltage drop
> to find the actual voltage and do the same for finding the current.