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Hi everyone,
A current probe for my scope would be nice to have but the prices (even used) are high.
So I´ve looked around and found this one:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Pintek-Professional-Current-probes-up-to-100Khz-10mV-A-100mV-A-Range-3-5n-R/380412102263?hash=item5892540677:g:gwEAAOSwr81USGj3:rk:3:pf:0
Does anybody have experiences with this probe ?
It´s a noisy crap thing or is it just worth the price, also the specified accuracy worrying me ( up to 15% by greater current values).
Also alternative recommendations are welcome.
Martin
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I do not have the Pintek PA622
But, for that price you can get a real branded FLUKE 80i-110s AC/DC Current Probe or the same re-branded as Tektronix, Agilent and so on.
I have several of these and they are really great and go on ebay in good condition for 200 to 300 Euros
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Thanks for that !
But reading the specs, it got the same deviation up to 15% at higher current rates(from appx 40A on).
Maybe it couldn´t get any better in this price range.
I will have a look for it, I didn´t often measure on circuits which keeps more than 10, 20 A flowing.
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I'm also interested in this probe. Unfortunately I haven't found a technical review or a teardown. There is only a picture of inside.
Some trusted members of the forum recommend the CP-05A current probe (about 110 USD) but also in this case there isn't a technical review.
Hope someone will do a review of these probes soon...
In a different class of performance there is the Hantek CC-65 (about 65 USD). There are several threads on eevblog about this probe and a deep review with noise measurement and teardown.
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Thanks for that !
Additionally, I´ve found this one in eBay Owon CP-05+
(PDF)
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In the same ballpark I've found Picotech current probes:
https://www.picotech.com/accessories/current-probes-clamps
The Picotech TA018 is very similar to the Hantek CC-65.
Instead CP-05 is available also as CP-05A, CP-05B and CP-05+ but I'm not sure about the performance differences. -
Thanks for this, meanwhile I think I order the cp05 for testing.
Take it to work to compare it with probes from fluke, tektronix and lecroy ap011....
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Today I test the fluke i 310s probe....not the cheapest one..
Boy, what a noisefloor…..
You see nothing as long as you not use enhanced resolution or ( in case of the new rigol 5074) averaging…
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On the subject of cost effective current probes has anyone seen the "A622" AC/DC current probes on the bay of evil, and has anyone bought one? I wonder if they are the same quality as the originals
A622 is the model number of the Tektronix AC/DC probe that a lot of test equipment manufacturers rebadge and sell as their own (Fluke 80i-110S, Keysight 1146a/b etc etc) which to my knowledge were originally made by Chauvin Arnoux as the E3N
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I have Pintek PA-699 and I'm quite happy with it. It's higher bandwidth version - 1.5MHz.
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Thanks for this, meanwhile I think I order the cp05 for testing.
Hi Martin72
Did you end up ordering a CP05? -
Hi,
Should arrive in this week….
Martin -
Bought a Fluke i30s before and it's pulse current response was quite poor (the frequency of signal shown in figure below is 700Hz). Returned to Fluke but the problem could not be solved, then refunded. Bought Keysight 1146B and it's pulse current response is much better.
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Bought a Fluke i30s before and it's pulse current response was quite poor (the frequency of signal shown in figure below is 700Hz). Returned to Fluke but the problem could not be solved, then refunded. Bought Keysight 1146B and it's pulse current response is much better.
Forget the 700Hz, I wonder what the edge rates were. Looks like it was picking up some noise.
These are my DC current probes shown roughly a 200us pulse. I think the LEM's 3dB point is 150K. The old 1960's Tek probe was originally 50M. I ended up getting close to 100K with the cheap UNI-T.
1) gate pulse, TTL
2) modified UNI-T UT210E
3) LEM LA 55-P
4) modified Tektronix P6042
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As it may be of interest, I've attached a pdf summary of some tests I did on a PA-699 Pintek probe (the 1.5MHz 40A one) earlier year. These were quick and dirty checks, and the noise numbers in particular should be taken with a grain of salt, as I have some other screenshots which suggest pk-pk noise about twice as high as I've stated in the PDF. Unfortunately I don't have the original noise capture or the probe available for a re-test, but what is there might still be useful.
You're never going to get as good a result with one of these clamp-meter style probes as you will with a real Tek/Hikoi (who make them for everyone else) high frequency probe using a thin-film hall sensor and a DC-nulling design. However those are well into the thousands new (many hundreds for good tested used examples) so the Pintek style mid-range probes may be a good compromise choice for some.
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Tomorrow the owon will be arrived.
I´ll test it on monday at work, together with the fluke i310s and as a reference, the lecroy AP011 probe.
This probe got 120khz bandwith and a maxium of 150A peak.
Yearly calibrated, matches only with lecroy scopes and you can do auto-zero compensation and....degaussing
What I can test at work:
DC current, AC current 50-400hz, current of an pwm-signal with 10khz up to 100A and more (depending from the testobject I could get)
Martin -
Arrived:
Short test without load, really less noise than the fluke i310s, on all ranges…
You have to press the auto-zero knob as long as it reaches the zeroposition on scope - it works.
Maybe I can do some DC tests this weekend at home.
Edit:
Specs…. -
I took it to work, unfortunately I couldn´t do some serious measurements yet.
Except some dc measure on the desktop, they´re looking good.
On the following week I could do further tests and report it here. -
Still waiting for a chance to measure…..
Meanwhile I checked the lower dc-current range, setting the cp05 to 4A range.
"Reference" was a Fluke 89IV and on Ch1 the lecroy ap011.
Current control mode by shortening the psu output.
Readout from the fluke : 100mA, 251mA, 500mA, 1.03 A dc current:
From 1Adc on the results from the cp05 are usable - not too bad for a currentclamp up to 400Adc.
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AC-current measures today, in the 4A range - Under 1A it´s not usable.
Measurings taken with appx 3.9A and various frequencies.
"Reference" was Fluke 187.
60Hz 400Hz 1khz 4khz 10khz 20khz
Fluke 3.86 3.87 3.84 3.75 3.54 3.14
LeCroy 3.84 3.82 3.79 3.67 3.35 2.77
CP05+ 3.89 3.90 3.81 3.81 3.64 3.21
So far so good…
But:
I´m sure I did a zero-offset before, both lines ( AP011 and CP05) were on zero-scaling before starting to measure.
Now I watch the screenshots at home…
(Ch1 Ap011, Ch 2 CP05+, for better viewing not in the same current flow direction)
Seems like a positive offset, althoug I did the zeroing before measure.
And:
The phase deviation between the two channels by increasing the frequency.
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Teardown:
Not much inside for the money.
Two pots on the back, Maybe I can adjust the positive offset with them.
Trying to make a schematic from it... -
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Trying to make a schematic from it...
Still doing so further tests will come later.
The battery voltage is converted to +/- 3V - Too less for some of the used op-amps there.
A colleague and me think about modifications to make this probe useful for currents under 1A.
If the schematic is complete, it will be posted here.
Martin
P.S.:
The thread title schould be changed, but how….. -
Schematic so far, Lo Bat detection and +/-3V are missing.
Got a look into our Fluke i310S, much more "complicated" Building....this one is very simple.
All op-amps need a minimum supply of about +/- 5V.
Used op-amps there : OP07C, MC33078, TL062, TL064.
Martin -
"Final" schematic:
(no guarantee)
Martin
Edit : The "zero switch" doesn´t switch "hard", it´s a rubber carbon one with a resistance of appx 80
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"Final final" schematic, changed diode D1 into zener type:
Next steps : Further measurings, after this increasing the internal supply-voltage from +/- 3V to appx 10V to see what happen, reminding the 3 Volts are for EVERY op-amp in the circuit too less.
