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In order to take a current reading with a "clamp-on" ammeter, what should be the status of the jaws of the instrument?

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In order to take a current reading with a "clamp-on" ammeter, what should be the status of the jaws of the instrument?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Operation of a clamp-on ammeter (how it measures current using a magnetic field) • Difference between clamping around one conductor vs. multiple conductors in a cable • Why a closed magnetic path is important for accurate current measurement

💭 Think About

• Think about how current in a single conductor creates a magnetic field, and how the meter must interact with that field to get a reading. • If you clamp around both the outgoing and return conductors together, what happens to their magnetic fields? Do they add or cancel? • Consider whether the instrument can sense current if its magnetic path is not continuous.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify whether the jaws need to be fully closed or can be partially open to measure current accurately. • Check if clamping around all conductors in a cable will give a net magnetic field or cancel it out. • Confirm which option describes a condition that allows a complete magnetic circuit for the current transformer inside the meter.

Question 1 of 27070

In order to take a current reading with a "clamp-on" ammeter, what should be the status of the jaws of the instrument?

must be clamped around all of the conductors of a cable

must be fully closed so as to complete the magnetic circuit

should remain open while conducting measurements

must be held so as to not touch an adjacent conductor

Question 1 / 270705eccefa3bacbc34ba4d47f94

Question 1 of 270705eccefa3bacbc34ba4d47f94

In order to take a current reading with a "clamp-on" ammeter, what should be the status of the jaws of the instrument?

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Question 1 of 27070

In order to take a current reading with a "clamp-on" ammeter, what should be the status of the jaws of the instrument?