[Boatanchors] question on ammeters

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Or if the CT already has more than one turn in the primary, wind ten times 
as many.  But at 100 A it probably doesn't.  The 150 A CT's in our Onan 
standby generator just have the single #1/0 leads from the generator connections 
lead through them to the output breaker.

In a message dated 7/13/2009 10:29:33 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jfor at quik.com writes: 
> Easy. Instead of putting the current carrying wire through the current
> transformer once, put it through 10 times (basically wind a ten turn
> primary).
> 
> -John
> 
> ========================
> 
> >I admit I once knew this but at 75 I need some help. How do you wire a 
> 100
> >amp AC current meter to read 10 amps full scale, It is a current
> >transformer
> >style meter manufactured by General Electric #50-250239LSZZ1 . I can 
> still
> >figure out DC meters.   I suspect that the current transformer has to 
> have
> >the ratio changed, and that sounds messy. '
> >Thanks for any help,.............Larry in Seattle
> 

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