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Martin72:
Hi,
I can confirm that there is a small ripple:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/accurate-low-amp-current-probe-advice/msg5690313/#msg5690313
Kean:

--- Quote from: folays on October 26, 2024, 12:39:29 am ---Hello again, I salvaged a mains' heater 1000 Watts measured at 55.32 Ohm, so around 0.54 Ampere for the same 30 V.
Below two capture, I set the DC load (Siglent SDL1020X-E) to the same CC than expected heater's resistor (0.55 A).

(again I moved the trigger out of the voltage level, I didn't want to post-analysis, so I wanted the scope' to roll freely)


First one shows the DC load, 62 mA of Amplitude (and Pk-Pk).
Second picture shows the pure resistive load, 11.294 mA of Amplitude (and Pk-Pk).

Sorry for the disturbance  :(, it was the DC load, the CP503B works better without an electronic DC load.

Best Regards,

--- End quote ---

Great!  I was just reading your earlier post and thinking to ask if you had a hair dryer or small fan heater you could check for resistance.

Some years ago I bought a handful of 50W and 100W power resistors in values like 1, 3.3, 5, 10, 22, 47, and 100 ohm, and mounted some on various heatsinks.  I have at least 6 programmable DC Loads and a few 2/4 quadrant power supplies, but a simple resistive dummy load can be very handy.

I have picked up some surplus resistors very cheaply over the years.  I think a large bag of 22 ohm 3W and tray of 10 ohm 25 W resistors have proved particularly handy.  I can wire these up in various series/parallel combination to make different loads.

A hot water heater element I bought was not expensive and turned out to be about 16 ohms and can run several kW in a bucket of water.  I've been planning to buy another to get 8 ohms.

These resistors can have some inductance that should be taken into account depending on what circuit you connect them to.
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