Does this scare you

[Charley L. Bottger]

Originally Posted by ryoung7

Are you going to teach us the lick test now.
I have my pencil and paper handy.

No I think Jim McKee is the expert in that field

[Marcel Gratton]

Originally Posted by cbottger

Would of made better contact if he had used his tongue.

If he had used his ticker what about the 120 volts from the other side of the line that would be present me thinks the ticker would have indicated voltage.

Do you just not like amp meters or do they just not sell them in your neck of the woods

Charley,

I have one but rarely use it.

Actually that is not true, I used it once to find out how much it cost to operate my swimming pool pump motor and furnace ventilation fan.

Shortly afterward, I bought a timer for the pool and turned the furnace ventilation fan to auto. It paid for my meter many times over.

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Now it all starts to make sense Mr.Bottger.
Jim said his sense of taste is gone and his tongue is afoul and black when I got the chance to see it when he is talking.
He said he never uses clamp meters when doing are amp meter drop test.
He Likes the lick test. Says it is more accurate, but he can only do 1 a day.
HA HA HA HA.

[Gary Reecher]

Originally Posted by mgratton

You could use your amp meter on the main feed inside the furnace / panel but that would mean having to wait for all the sequencers to activate the elements and even then some may not turned on as they may be controlled by an outside temperature sensor or turned off due to high limit.

I never tested furnace elements but a faster way to verify elements would be to use an OHM meter. OHM’s meter needle don’t move, element needs replacement…

Myself, I turn up the thermostat and put my hand over the register to confirm they are working…

Cheers,

On some wiring installs you would need to isolate the heating element. If you don't you can be reading back through other parallel loads. Ammeter on each element is the fastest.