testing fuses with a wiggy

[coulter]

... My Ideal Vol-Com tester wich I call a "wiggy" has a resistive input impedence of 35000 ohms. ...

Is that DC or 60hz? Did you measure that or is it out of the book? Just curious.

carl

 

[don_resqcapt19]

Carl,
I know that most of the time my "wiggy" won't trip a 30mA GFP on a 120 volt circuit. Sometimes it will, but I think it is only when the current of the wiggy combined with the leakage of the circuit exceeds 30mA, so I conclude the the load of my wiggy on a 120 volt circuit is less than 30mA. I also conclude that it is greater than 5mA as it will always trip a working GFCI at 120 volts.
Don

 

[LarryFine]

. . . so I conclude the the load of my wiggy on a 120 volt circuit is less than 30mA.

Have a meter with an AC-amps function?

 

[coulter]

Don -
That works. Good way to bracket it.

tkx

cal

 

[iaov]

I just read this whole thread for the first time. Here is what I find confusing:

Chris
my wife finds my remark confusing too. She wants to know what the hell I'm doing with those "big bucks"!!

 

[iaov]

Is that DC or 60hz? Did you measure that or is it out of the book? Just curious.
carl

Yeah I measured it and it is DC. It probably has slightly more resistence to AC as you have inductive reactence from the solenoid that is not there with a DC signal.