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<blockquote data-quote="smullen" data-source="post: 1337299" data-attributes="member: 549336">As far as I know a &quot;&quot;Clamp Meter&quot;&quot; is just to measure Amperage...With Voltage you take a reading by connecting the test leads in Parralel....With Amperage, you have to connect them in Series so the amperage can flow through it.If you were to connect those puny lil test leads in Series to say a large Sub Amp, a Starter or anything that pulled a decent ammount of current, the &quot;Test Leads&quot; would melt...So, some genious came up with an idea of a &quot;clamp Meter&quot; for checking amperage, you just clamp it on/around one side (+ or -, not both) and it will tell you the real time amount of current being passed though that circuit...Now some clamp meters may also have a VOM or DMM built onto them to test Voltage, Impeadance and Continuity...I have a Fluke DMM....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smullen, post: 1337299, member: 549336"] As far as I know a ""Clamp Meter"" is just to measure Amperage... With Voltage you take a reading by connecting the test leads in Parralel.... With Amperage, you have to connect them in Series so the amperage can flow through it. If you were to connect those puny lil test leads in Series to say a large Sub Amp, a Starter or anything that pulled a decent ammount of current, the "Test Leads" would melt... So, some genious came up with an idea of a "clamp Meter" for checking amperage, you just clamp it on/around one side (+ or -, not both) and it will tell you the real time amount of current being passed though that circuit... Now some clamp meters may also have a VOM or DMM built onto them to test Voltage, Impeadance and Continuity... I have a Fluke DMM.... [/QUOTE]

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