newplumber
Senior Member
Hello world
I bought some coils from ebay and searched the forums for reading amps using a coil but again came up short
When I first tested this coil just using a multimeter and was using a heat gun for load (one wire thru center) my fingers holding the
wires to the prongs was getting a good shock and the voltage was like 41 ac
I noticed after I tested the voltage with a 1000 ohm resistor across the coil wires the voltage dropped to 2 volts
I tried this diagram to my picaxe 20m2 and seems to work okay ( i may have drawn the zener wrong but had it the right way when tested)
I just wanted to make sure this schematic i drew was okay to use and if there could be improvements I'd love to know
I could use more smoother caps because it bounces like my bank checks
thanks again
your neighbors friend
I bought some coils from ebay and searched the forums for reading amps using a coil but again came up short
When I first tested this coil just using a multimeter and was using a heat gun for load (one wire thru center) my fingers holding the
wires to the prongs was getting a good shock and the voltage was like 41 ac
I noticed after I tested the voltage with a 1000 ohm resistor across the coil wires the voltage dropped to 2 volts
I tried this diagram to my picaxe 20m2 and seems to work okay ( i may have drawn the zener wrong but had it the right way when tested)
I just wanted to make sure this schematic i drew was okay to use and if there could be improvements I'd love to know
I could use more smoother caps because it bounces like my bank checks
thanks again
your neighbors friend