[Amps] Needed: Easy to Wind Low Value Meter Shunt Wire

[Bill Turner]

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At 08:52 PM 2/3/2006, w2cqm at juno.com wrote:
>Hopefully, someone can suggest an easy technique to wire meter shunts in
>fractional parts of an ohm.

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An alternative method is to put a low value R in series with the 
current and then connect the meter across the R as if it were a 
voltmeter, with the appropriate resistor in series with the meter. If 
you use a potentiometer as the voltmeter resistor you can calibrate 
it exactly very easily.

You may already know this but some others might find it useful.

73, Bill W6WRT