{"id":1973,"date":"2017-09-22T17:17:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T00:17:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/1973","title":{"rendered":"How do I measure currents larger than 0.6 amperes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Special caution should be taken when operating at greater than \u00b120 volts in a situation where significant current can be supplied.<\/p>\n<p>Many solar panel projects require measurement of more than 0.6 amperes of current so these concepts is often useful for these projects.<\/p>\n<p>For larger currents, see: <a href=\"\/product\/high-current-sensor\/\">High Current Sensor<\/a> (<nobr>HCS-BTA<\/nobr>) and <a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-current-probe\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Current Probe<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-CUR<\/nobr>)<\/p>\n<p>Note: Our <a href=\"\/product\/current-probe\/\">Current Probe<\/a> (<nobr>DCP-BTA<\/nobr>), has a range of -0.6 to +0.6 amperes and is best suited for experiments with small batteries and bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>Related TILs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/til\/1972\/\">How do I measure voltages larger than 6 (or 10) volts?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special caution should be taken when operating at greater than \u00b120 volts in a situation where significant current can be supplied. Many solar panel projects&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3131,1203,520,1200,3133,3132,3130],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ammeter","tag-amps","tag-current","tag-dcp-bta","tag-gdx-cur","tag-hcs-bta","tag-solar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}