Scirocco-l Digest, Vol 16, Issue 68 (Gauges)

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew Mac)]

Dan Bubb wrote:

>So, a shunted ammeter uses a shunt!!! ;^)
>A shunt is a high current, low ohm resistor that is put in series between the battery and any load you want to measure.
>Then the meter is wired in parallel to the shunt. So, most of the current goes through the shunt but some of the current, in proportion to the ratio of the shunt resistance to the meter resistance, goes thru the meter.
>Sounds like a cleaner solution. Unfortunately, a shunted ammeter costs about 4 times what a normal ammeter costs!
>Does anybody care about this?
>  
>

I do - you saved me from responding to your post and explaining what a 
shunt was by answering your own question! :)

Drew

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