Product Manual

FLIRCM72_CM74USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:CM72_CM74‐en‐US_AA

5.4.3BasicCurrentMeasurements

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

than600V(CM72)or1000V(CM74).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presstheMODEbuttonrepeatedly.DCAisonlyavailableon

theCM74.

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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