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Re: Parasitic Draw Testing w/o Resetting Everything
Posted to Technical Tips Forum on 6/9/2007 4 Replies

Hi Peter -

Clamp on ammeters typically can't measure amperages in the 10-100 mA range accurately enough to perform a parasitic draw measurement.

An acceptable parasitic draw is 30MA or less, an unacceptable one is 50mA or more.

The amp clamp mentioned in... Login to read more.

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