Which is better, a current clamp meter or a multimeter?
Clamp current meter should be the correct name for the clamp ammeter, the actual use of the general are referred to as clamp meter.
Clamp ammeter according to the different ways of display, respectively, pointer and digital, its principle is in the simple function of the multimeter on the basis of adding a current transformer can be opened to the activity, the applicable measurement and the multimeter is very different, clamp meter is mainly used to measure the industrial appliances, large current circuit AC current. Therefore, the measurement of the index value compared to the multimeter is much larger, the function is also relatively single, usually measuring the current range up to tens to thousands of amperes.
Multimeter function is very rich, and the difference between the clamp meter can be more fine measurement, pointer multimeter with AC and DC voltage file, AC and DC current file, resistance file, transistor file and other gears.
Digital multimeter in addition to open the pointer multimeter of the above stalls, but also has megohm file, microampere file, capacitance file, beeping file, diode file, temperature measurement file, and other special functions of the file.
From the above introduction, we know that the multimeter has a very wide range of uses, covering from voltage to current, resistance and other aspects of circuit and component measurement, as long as the rational use of the multimeter has different gears can be different measurements.
Finally, is the clamp-on ammeter or multimeter is good to use the problem, I personally feel that as long as which is suitable for the object being measured, which is good to use.
Clamp meter's main function is still to measure the current, although it also has a resistance, voltage grade can be used as a multimeter, but one is not high precision, the second is less gear, only suitable for some relatively simple, less demanding measurement occasions, such as the contactor's on and off, 380 or 220 and so on, and the multimeter is relatively more accurate than the clamp meter to be a little higher, and more gear, such as diodes, transistors, capacitors, etc., and the multimeter relatively high precision than the clamp meter, and some gear, such as diodes. Triode file, capacitor file, etc., so it is more suitable for some of the requirements of higher, more detailed measurement of the occasion, such as circuit board maintenance, electronic component measurement, etc., but it is not as convenient to measure the current clamp meter, the file is not so big, generally speaking, the two are combined with each other to use more reasonable, but conditions do not allow the case, you can also be switched with each other, or the most important thing is to look at the measuring The most important thing is to look at the measurement of the occasion and the measurement of goods to the specific choice.
