Re: [TCML] Matching analog panel meters

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

We aren't pushing 200 amps through a 5 ampmeter, we're
using current transformers or CT's to reduce the
current be a set ratio:

http://www.hot-streamer.com/adam/bigass_coil/ct.jpg

Adam

--- Drake Schutt <drake89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't really
> know much about the electrical part, because it
> seems to me that pushing 200
> amps through a 1-5 amp scale is a bad idea. > 
> good luck,
> drake
> 
> On Dec 13, 2007 3:52 PM, Yurtle Turtle
> <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I didn't have to create the scale. I simply
> scanned my
> > 0-5 amp scale, erased the numbers, added new ones,
> and
> > printed. This kept the scale, manufacturer, specs,
> > model number, etc.
> > Adam
> >
> > --- David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Adam, Steve, David S,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestions. However, I don't
> have
> > > Microsoft
> > > Publisher and would have to get aqainted with it
> to
> > > just to create
> > > a scale. I'm lazy and would rather just find a
> pair
> > > of ready made
> > > meters that matched. I have found a few of the
> China
> > > and Hong
> > > Kong made ones on ebay, like:
> > >
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280182876700&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018
> > > or
> > >
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230203000215&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013
> > >
> > > but I was kind of hoping to find some of the
> name
> > > brand with the
> > > larger print dials, like:
> > >
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/General-Electric-2-5-DC-AMP-PANEL-METER-1-100-VDC-NIB_W0QQitemZ300180941624QQihZ020QQcategoryZ58278QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> > >
> > > Anyway, I may end up getting some of those
> off-brand
> > > Chinese
> > > ones if I don't have any luck in my search for a
> > > more domestic
> > > source.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > David
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
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