full thottle switch - how ammeters work

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

> I UNDERSTAND why the fuse blows out (not a complete idiot)

Okay, well reread your question.. it sure sounded to me like you didn't:

> =>> in laments terms please
> =>>
> =>> I have a 2 plug connector and 2 leads from the multimeter...
> =>how is putting those 2 leads into the plug be a problem ?

> but when I state (in my original message that started this long string of
> [JOKE]"MY father is a better electrician than your father"[/JOKE]
> when I put the multimeter in mA mode and put the leads to the wired of the
> test leads i blows the fuse, but I can get voltage just fine.
> and someone replied, your supposed to read miliamps not milivolts on that
> test lead. (which never really answered the question " is DWELL miliamps or
> milivolts" because if I am blowing my fuse with setting my multimeter in mA
> I am sure it will blow the fuse when I put it in DWELL reading mode.)
>
> I understand DWELL should be abouts 45-50% (depending whom you talk to) and
> I do I love the long string of messages btw,
> but all I want is a simple answer not an course in electronica 101.

I'm sorry if I offended anyone; I was not tring to play the "I'm smarter
than you" game. I'm just a sucker for correct information, and a lot of
people were saying a lot of incorrect things 'with authority'.. so I
decided to jump in and correct them 'with authority'. This was clearly
not well received.

So.. I'm bowing out of this topic unless anything else interesting comes
along; there were plenty of accurate responses to your dwell question by
others on the list.

> and toby, the paperclip in the socket, actually does not always blow the
> fuse, but if your holding the paperclip with your bare hands, your grounding
> the circuit wuith your body and that is why you get voltage and amperage
> through your arm , and if the amperage is strong enough it can stop your
> heart, the voltage...can simply burn your skin and hair on the arm. (seen my
> father touch a cathode tube one day trying to fix the tv... I do understand
> how it works.. ahahahaha, firt and only man I saw fly across a room, going
> backwards.)

*sigh*

I'm gonna leave that one alone.

-Toby