VAX 4000-500 PSU Overload?
Mouse
mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG
Sat Dec 19 19:46:27 CST 2015
>>> But getting something in series to measure load is going to be
>>> really awkward, [...]
>> As in, you don't have any such thing to put in series, or you don't
>> see a good way to get it in series? [...]
> I think the suggestion was to put an ammeter between the PSU and the
> backplane.
Yes...but ammeters (for nontrivial currents) are generally just
voltmeters across current-sense resistors, and it's the current-sense
resistor that needs to carry the current and thus requires attention.
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