Admittedly, the other day I went to measure the AC mains input of my last DIY PSU with my old Mastech M92A in 10A amperimeter mode, you may guess what happened. :facepalm:
The probes' tips are a bit scorched now :-) and the multimeter still seems fine, but I've thought it may not be a bad idea to get a new one soon.
I think Barkuti will need temperature meter function of AN8002 more than signal generator function of AN8008.
By the way, I ordered one of AN8008 from Ebay and ít’s on the way …
My AC mains stops somewhere at or above 20A, which is the rating of its mains switch. It's an old apartment (1980) and installation which originally had 15A via two switches (10A for the sockets and 5A for the lamps). Of course, such setup became obsolete as the gas stove and oven were retired, and more and more electrical appliances came into scene. As it is now, if I try to bake a pizza (2000W) while using my 900W compact electric fryer with the air conditioner on, lights and sheesh (the boiler is also electric) there's a good chance of tripping the electric meter's switch before the mains one. ;-)
It was the mains switch the one which tripped that day, so my bet is the meter briefly took 20+A.
is also electric) there's a good chance of tripping the electric meter's switch before the mains one. ;-)
