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Old 05-08-2006 | 08:05 PM
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Does anyone make a voltmeter that is adjustable up to a 2 amp load?

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Old 05-09-2006 | 07:31 AM
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Check out these two from Maxx products. I'm not aware of any with a 2 amp load, 300 to 500 ma. is appropriate for radio batteries.
http://www.maxxprod.com/mpi/mpi-6.html#InstaCheckPro

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Old 05-09-2006 | 03:03 PM
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do you mean a voltmeter (multimeter) that can be configured as an ammeter and will measure up to 2 amps ?
Old 05-09-2006 | 11:18 PM
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I'm looking for a voltmeter that will allow me to input a load on the battery up to 1.5 to 2 amps. I have installed super high torque digital servos and measured the amperage using a watt meter while on the bench and the load reached 1.2 amps. A 500 ma loads does not give me a true reading of where my battery voltage is before flight.

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Old 05-10-2006 | 05:24 AM
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Try the Pro ESV from Radio South. Will give .5, 1 and 1.5 amp load for up to 20 cells. I just bought one at Toledo and it is pretty nice unit.

http://www.radiosouthrc.com/thumbnail.asp

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Thanks Mike, this is what I'm looking for.
Old 05-10-2006 | 06:58 PM
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Consider the Futaba voltmeter as well. I think it loads the pack with 3 Amps for a couple of seconds and display the voltage.
It showed me that my switch was getting bad as the voltage drop before and after the switch was substential.
It takes a while to get adjusted to using it because the reading is lower than with the traditional 300mA, but once you stop freaking out when you read 5.8V after just one flight (on a 6V battery), you know that you're OK.

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