Product Manual

FLIRCM174USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:CM174‐en‐US_AB

5.4.3BasicCurrentMeasurements

WARNINGDonotmeasurethecurrentonacircuitwhenthevoltageincreasestomore

than1000V.Thiscancausedamagetotheinstrumentandcancauseinjurytopersons.

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Whenmeasuringcurrentusingtheclampjaws,onlyoneconductorshouldbeenclosedbythe

jaws—refertoFigure5.2.

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Figure5.2Correctandincorrectsetup

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1. Ensurethattheprobeleadsaredisconnectedfromthemeter.

2. SetthefunctionswitchtotheAposition.

3. TomanuallyselectACorDCusetheMODEbutton.

4. Tomanuallyselectthemeasurementrange(scale),presstheRANGEbuttonrepeatedly.

Refertosection5.3Auto/Manualrange

mode.

5. Pressthetriggertoopentheclampjaws.Fullyencloseoneconductor—refertoFigure5.2.

Foroptimumresults,centertheconductorinthejaws.

6. Readthecurrentvalueonthedisplay.

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