No current loss, current flow is always the same at all points within a
circuit.  Voltage drop yes but should be very, very small. An amp meter is
actually measuring the voltage drop across a shunt of known resistance but a
very small resistance.

On 3/19/07, David Etter <detter@mail.auracom.com> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me if using an analog ammeter (located in-line from
> my solar panel) would result in current loss?  It would seem to me
> that by creating a field in a coil to operate the ammeter it would
> perhaps act much like a choke in a normal electrical circuit.
>         Any field offers resistance to current flow; but perhaps the
> loss is so small....  ???????
>
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