Wire for 6V 12ah system ?

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  1. JustinScott

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    IF you have am ammeter that can handle that much current!
     
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    Nothing to unhook every thing is in a box till Saturday [:D]
     
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  3. Tugboat

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    Well, unfortunately, nothing you measure without it being in the water will reflect real life current draw :(
     
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    Shore you can you didn’t have much fun as a child did you where is your imagination if Jon Lennon can sing about it we can use it right?honey fill the bath tub I’m going in [:p]
     
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  5. EricMA

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    You can use a clamp on amp meter. I use one at work all the time to check the amps in compressor in heat pumps and A/C s. There isn't a R/C ship out there that will pull enough amps that my meter can't handle. They sell a good one that is resonably priced at Home Depot and radio shack.
     
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  6. djranier

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    Yep just use a clamp on. Its also what I use, I have a smaller one, that fits into the boat with no problem.
     
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  7. JustinScott

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    Clamp ons measure AC power... IF they pickup anything, it would be the noise being generated on the wire by the motor.
     
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  8. Tugboat

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    Dang it, dang it dang it! Justin beat me to it :)

    No AC => no expanding and collapsing magnetic fields => no generator action => nothing for a clamp-on ammeter to measure.

    Also, even if you were running 6 or 12vac, the clamp-on ammeters in common use are calibrated for 110/220/440vac and the calibration wouldn't be valid for such low voltages, if it even picked them up at all.
     
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  9. SnipeHunter

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    Actually they do make DC ones, google it if you dont believe me. They just sense the current differently.
     
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    There are some, I admit that. Having googled it, they do exist, using hall-effect sensors (which really, you shouldn't need the 'clamp-on' part for...
     
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  11. JustinScott

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    Really? I can't find any... show me?
     
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    really? ok....

    go to
    Visit this site
    type in

    dc clamp ammeter

    hit the "im feeling lucky" button
    wait for page to load
    scroll down to section where it says Digital AC/DC Amps
    notice that they exist
     
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  13. djranier

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    Mine has a very small clamp, and will measure both AC or DC amps, AC or DC volts, and make resistance measurements.

    I put the boat in the water, clamp on the meter, hold the boat, and go to full throttle, so it actually shows a little higher current draw, since the boat is not also moving through the water, the props have a little more resistance.
     
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  14. JustinScott

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    Wow! KKool! I want one!
     
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  15. Tugboat

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    a clamp-on resistance meter? I call shenanigans.
     
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  16. JustinScott

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    Its not a clamp on ohmmeter... it has leads too. Had to double check myself & then check to see if the leads were doing the DCA... don't seem to be.

    Here's the attachment I would need:

    Visit this site
     
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