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<blockquote data-quote="BassAddictJ" data-source="post: 1748154" data-attributes="member: 560415">wellllllll 2 things went wrong, one bad, one worse.....i order a clamp meter off ebay and i get it in the mail this mourning and im not sure if it&#039;s defective or i did something wrong. the manual says to just clamp the clamp on the wire to get the amperage reading...but i always though ampmeters need to be in hooked up in series...?&nbsp; either way i tested the current from my 1501d and with it wanging on my xxx it read i was only pulling like 9 or 10 amps at 55-60volts AC.......which puts me in the neighborhood of 550-600watts....that cant be right.....the mtx 1501d is at 1 ohm and definitly putting more power to that sub.... and on top of that the clamp meter would give me a reading with it just near the wire and not even touching it....weird? am i just supposed to clamp it to part of the wire, is it supposed to be on the + or - side?&nbsp; what amp i doing wrong?wellllll here&#039;s where it gets from bad to worse.....i went to test the current wiht my other regular multimeter but decided to try that later....i go back to test the voltage...and i forgot to SWITCH THE FREAKING PLUG on the meter from amperage to voltage.........spark spark PUFFFFFFFFFFF....majic smoke.......for those of you who have done shitty mistakes liek this you can feel my painw hen i say this sucks total *** cause i feel like an ***.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BassAddictJ, post: 1748154, member: 560415"] wellllllll 2 things went wrong, one bad, one worse..... i order a clamp meter off ebay and i get it in the mail this mourning and im not sure if it's defective or i did something wrong. the manual says to just clamp the clamp on the wire to get the amperage reading...but i always though ampmeters need to be in hooked up in series...? either way i tested the current from my 1501d and with it wanging on my xxx it read i was only pulling like 9 or 10 amps at 55-60volts AC.......which puts me in the neighborhood of 550-600watts....that cant be right.....the mtx 1501d is at 1 ohm and definitly putting more power to that sub.... and on top of that the clamp meter would give me a reading with it just near the wire and not even touching it....weird? am i just supposed to clamp it to part of the wire, is it supposed to be on the + or - side? what amp i doing wrong? wellllll here's where it gets from bad to worse..... i went to test the current wiht my other regular multimeter but decided to try that later....i go back to test the voltage...and i forgot to SWITCH THE FREAKING PLUG on the meter from amperage to voltage.........spark spark PUFFFFFFFFFFF....majic smoke.......for those of you who have done shitty mistakes liek this you can feel my painw hen i say this sucks total *** cause i feel like an ***..... [/QUOTE]

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