Conclusion! The reason I wanted to do this was really to see how much current I was pulling through a 13A socket with a 6 channel dimmer rack plugged into it. Only out of interest really as it is sometimes fun to see that the figures add up as they say they do, but more to see what actually happened to the current drawn during basic cross fades etc, and to see, for example whether it was possible to get away with 6Kw of light at 50%. Made up a basic adapter (Plug stuck to training socket and sealed with a loop of double insulated wire for the live hanging out! Kinda..) The clamp meter was a cheap £19.99 screwfix one (very impressed for the price). I found that it gave me an acurate reading as to what I expected when loading the rack with lanterns. Ie 1Kw was just under 4A. The reading I got at 50% was about 2A and so the average current was directly proportional. The final test I wanted to see wa how far I could load the rack before either the 13A fuse blew, or the 30ma RCD triped. Supprisingly I was able to load 5Kws on to the 13A socket for an extended amount of time, and the fuse didn't blow - even though the meter was reading 18.1A.. (I only had 5Kw of lanterns to hand) Is this not a really bad thing? or have I missed something? I must have been really bored! :D
