measuring amps consumption on a motor

current is one of those things I hate to measure with a meter

so do I set it to 200ma and it shows 140 ma, or do I set it to 10a and it shows 1.4 amps

blah! the main reason to have an auto range meter (otherwise they are frivolous)

so as in the case of my last trek, making a power supply for a model of digital piano cd rom - synth(that was not designed in house for software compatibility,... to what I don't know cause the library is humorous) I set the meter up to measure 200ma, and popped the fuse

super now I know its 1.4 amps and I have to find a PITA sized fuse from digikey and squander away another 5 bucks off my short budget

:frowning: