Help On Clamping An Amp

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

So about a year and a half ago my father passed away, I'm only 17 btw, and he left me a giant Snap-On tool chest full of tools, I know pretty well how to use everything in there but a couple days ago I was sorting through one of the drawers and found a little carrying case with a DMM in it. After I read this thread I got to thinking about it and went out to investigate it some more, I found that it's a Fluke 36 True RMS Clamp Meter. Now from what I've read I can get a rough estimate on the power I'm seeing so I was wondering how to do that with this meter? I put the leads on the speaker outs of my amp and it didn't read anything. I had it set on AC amps and it has peak hold and everything. I just want to measure what I'm getting when I set the amp by the RMS chart and equation you guys gave in here.

Any ideas or help?

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[stanky1219]

go here. i had this conversation last night.

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/amplifiers/480409-using-dmm-under-4-ohm-load-my-amp-does-45-volts-c.html

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

go here. i had this conversation last night.
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/amplifiers/480409-using-dmm-under-4-ohm-load-my-amp-does-45-volts-c.html

I know, I actually posted the same exact thing on your thread but no one answered. I'm just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to use this meter, it has no instructions or anything and I don't read anything with it set at AC.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

I know, I actually posted the same exact thing on your thread but no one answered. I'm just trying to figure out how I'm supposed to use this meter, it has no instructions or anything and I don't read anything with it set at AC.

Have you tried performing a google search for it's owner's manual, man?

 

[Jv359 10+ year member]

Only clamp the positive lead of the speaker wire, not both.