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Take a pistol like soldiering gun and plug it into a 120v receptacle. Hang a amp clamp in the heating loop. How much current do you think you will read? The gun is rated 120v, 60cy, 1.2 amps. Please explain your answer.
8 Answers
- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
Might want to use heat gun for the degres cause there is no current coming out the tip of that gun.
- Jim WLv 710 years ago
Between 12 and 24 amps depending on the gun. The transformer is either a 12 or 6 volt output.
- Anonymous10 years ago
you cannot plug a pistol into a 120v recept. FAIL
- Rob MLv 610 years ago
the gun is rated at 1.2 amps. So 1.2 amps. Unless of course it is not plugged in then the answer is 0 amps
- Anonymous10 years ago
The return current cancels itself out you read 0. If you havent BBQ'd the tester.
- Anonymous10 years ago
It goes nuts because they turn into eddy currents.
- Anonymous10 years ago
o - it will blow the fuse/breaker.
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