Measuring pulsing DC current with multimeter
- From: "Dave97" <dave97@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Mar 2006 19:41:56 -0800
Hello, I am working on an LED project where I am driving 25 LEDs (in
series) with full-wave bridge rectified line voltage for a B+ (with
current limiting 2k 1W resistor). The circuit's output uses SCRs, so I
can't filter the pulsing DC without the SCR latching in an on state.
When I measure the series current with my Fluke 77 in 300mA mode, it
reads app 15 mA in DC amps mode and app 12mA in AC amps mode. Again,
the B+ is pulsing DC (120 Hz). Is the DC current on the meter
accurate, or do I need to do some sort of conversion to get the true
current reading?
.
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