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CLIP-ON AMMETER [1 record]

Record 1 2007-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

An electrical test instrument, the hook-on portion of which consists of a current transformer, the core of which splits in order to encircle the conductor, there being thus no direct contact with the latter.

Key term(s)
  • clamp on ammeter
  • clip on ammeter
  • hook on ac ammeter
  • hook on ammeter
  • hook on meter
  • snap on ammeter
  • tong type ammeter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)
  • Électrotechnique
CONT

Pince ampèremétrique. En associant, sur une même structure, un transformateur-pince et un dispositif de mesure du courant alternatif délivré par l'enroulement secondaire du transformateur, on obtient un appareil de mesure des courants alternatifs sans contact, généralement multicalibre, très répandu chez les professionnels de l'électrotechnique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de medición eléctrica
  • Electrotecnia
DEF

[Amperímetro] cuyo núcleo forma una pinza para conectarlo al hilo conductor.

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