Yeah, that would be bad, essentially counterfeit sensors made from shells of fried ones.? And they would sort of work, just nowhere near spec.
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On 11/17/2018 6:34 PM, Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018, 17:30 Peter Gottlieb <hpnpilot@... <mailto:hpnpilot@...> wrote:
This is an interesting project.? As you say the meters themselves are dirt
cheap.? I have seen blown sensors sold cheap as well and maybe it's
possible to
build your circuit into one of those which would have the advantage of
connectors and case already taken care of.? If a small inexpensive SM
board is
made to do this it could easily fit and be so inexpensive that it wouldn't
even
be worth the time to troubleshoot a failure, just replace the board if it
gets
blown out.
Peter
The worrying thing is the Chinese counterfeiters will probably do just that. eBay seller yixunhk springs to mind - someone called them the HP rebirthing centre. I can see them "rebirthing" power sensors. ?
Dave
