[Boatanchors] general OT question on panel meters

[mac]

LOTS of shunts available on the e-place right now,  50A/50mv units  
particularly plentiful.  One can skin one of these down a bit with a  
Dremel tool to make it a 30A shunt.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Jul 9, 2013, at 8:58 AM, W2HX wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I purchased a round, analog panel meter 0-30 ADC for a project.  
> Printed on the face of the meter says "FS=50MVDC" which I take to  
> mean full scale deflection will occur at 50 mV DC.  Question is, can  
> I get any 50mV shunt (minimum 30A, of course) and will it work? Or  
> does the shunt need to somehow be 30A = 50mVDC? If I got a 100A  
> 50mVDC shunt, will this indicate incorrectly on the meter?
>
> Thanks in advance for the OT question
>
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
>
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