I'm guessing here, but an ammeter used in that application would draw
**very** little. We're talking about a thin piece of metal (needle)
that is being moved.

Can't say how much (meter to measure the meter?  --- ;^).  Maybe
tenths of a milliampre needed?

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....  ???????
>
> Thanks!
>                                         David
>

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