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current detector

current detector

current detector

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can a neon tester detect leakages of DC applications?

RE: current detector

The last group you want to ask about electricity is a bunch of mechanical engineers.

RE: current detector

MintJulep, one of my ME professors used to pose the question "Why do we study mechanical engineering?"

Answer, "Electricity and chemistry" :)

Regards,

Mike

RE: current detector

"The last group you want to ask about electricity is a bunch of mechanical engineers"

Yeah, but they're always asking and answering EE questions winky smile

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RE: current detector

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i just need to know cus i'm not that fluent with the theory behind it

RE: current detector

As a safety issue, they are not allowed, and you'd likely shown the gate.

That's the theory, the practical result is a boot print in your tail feathers...

RE: current detector

Neon is a gas.

Neon gas can be used inside light bulbs.

Neon gas light bulbs can be used directly as voltage testers.

Neon gas light bulbs can also be used as indicators in other types of electrical testers.

Not all "voltage" testers actually measure voltage directly.

Current is not voltage.

Your question, as currently asked, forces the reader to make too many guess about what you really want to know. That is why you are not getting any useful answers.

That, and you are asking mechanical engineers about electrical stuff.

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