Richard Ray wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, Jon Elson wrote:
>
>   
>> kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a need to read dc current
>>> 36 volts up to 100 amps "reasonably" accurate
>>> I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino
>>> I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper
>>>
>>>       
>> I used some similar tamura Hall current sensors in a project
>> some years ago.  You could read the output with as simple
>> a setup as a hand-held DVM or a panel mount voltmeter
>> like from Red Lion or similar.
>>
>> Beware of getting magnets near the sensor, it will be affected
>> even by the earth's magnetic field, so if you pick up the
>> equipment and move it, the zero will shift.
>>
>>     
>
> So does that mean that since this is modiles equipment that a hall sensor 
> will not work
>
>   
You meant mobile?  No, the zero drift is not huge, but more than a couple %
of full range.  Tamura supposedly has a "shielded" version of these
sensors, too, which I expect would have less of this effect.

Jon

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