Extech 480172 AC Line Splitter

Works great, super handy tool to have in the Electrical bag. I read the questions before I bought it and saw the guys saying "just use a cord.. and separate the wires.. clamp the hot...." O.K. yeah, because that looks really professional. I'm a GC, and this is the kind of tool that you will break out in front of home owners, What kind of half-@ss am I going to look like if I broke out a 3' whip with 2 different plug ends, and the jacket pealed back over a 2 inch area with 3 wires hanging out...what a joke THIS THING COSTS $20 BUCKS! No need to McGyver anything. Its clean, neat and compact. The x10 is also very handy.

Great product it did the job perfectly!

This works ok but is not as well built as I would expect from this brand. The outlet on the input side is kinda flakey at times, does not seem to connect well. The splitter does do the job so gets some stars, but just a bit disappointed with the quality. Price is reasonable, be more reasonable if the quality were up a little.

At a discount, this device is worth $10-12 delivered. All it does is split the hot and neutral line paths so you can clip a clamp meter into one of the legs and measure current draw. There is also a probe hole to check Vac with your DMM. The device is made of durable ABS plastic and feels tough, and should serve to make quick measurements of current draw from plug in appliances.There are complaints of defects, but if you get a cheap unit, its very easy to fix. The HOT line of my unit is solid copper, while the neutral line is a black insulated wire. The ground line uses red wire, all the wrong colors per NEMA but it works, and you don't see the wires anyway inside. The male and female sockets are anchored security into the body, and won't pull loose.I confirmed this unit is UL listed.Depending on the type of current draw, the accuracy tends to vary. Placed in series with a Fluke 87V, the clamp meter tended to be at most 10% off when the draw was continuous, and it did not matter which leg of device you used. When the draw was heavily pulsed, the clamp meter did not read the peak current but averaged them, while the Fluke could show the peak draw, and if set to MIN-MAX mode, one could measure MIN, AVE and MAX current.

Yup, you could make a "split cable" current measurement cord yourself; but this device is sturdy, solid and easy to find in the tool box with it's bright orange color. The 10X measuring option is great for getting an accurate reading on tiny loads like a 40W-equivalent CFL or a small fan.

x10 feaature

Just purchased a Fluke Clamp Meter to measure power consumption of home applicances and such (Solar PV cells going on the roof sometime soon). This line splitter is a high quality product with the x1 and x10 measurement loops. The two recess ports for voltage measurement also work great for measuring the volage using the Clamp Meter probes (probably safer than shoving the probes into the wall socket).Measurements were compared against a calibration standard and were precise to within +/- 0.03 A, which is a combined tolerance of the Extech AC Line Splitter and my Fluke Clamp Meter.

I'm using this on an electrical project to monitor the AC side of a DC battery bank. I've taken AC current measurements from the physical wiring on loads up to 10.6 amps, and I have identical measurements with this item placed in series within the circuit. It allows for safe measurements without having to wire an amp meter in series. This product is rated up to 15 amps (1800 watts), which fits within the power capacity of my setup. I may need to look for a 30 amp line splitter in a future power design, but this product works great within its rated specifications.

Works well.

BUEN PRODUCTO SE VE DE BUENA CALIDAD, EXCELENTE DIVISOR DE LINEA ME HACE MAS FACIL EL TRABAJO PARA MEDIR LOS CONSUMOS DE AMPERAJE EN MIS ELECTRODOMESTICOS

Just what needed to use with my Klein clamp meter. Allows isolation so I can get accurate readings of load. 1x vs 10x is very accurate.

Excelente producto muena calidad por el precio

Works well, though expensive. Costs nearly as much as some clamp on meters for 10 turns of wire. BUT one can use it to increase clamp on DC amp meter's sensitivity by 10X by messing with leads.