I believe it is the "cold bulb" resistance. However, when I try to measure the current through the bulb while the turbine is operating, it short circuits. Do I need to attach an extension with a small resister to add more?
I measured the maximum currents by allowing the turbine to spin up to maximum velocity, then touching the multi meter to see the initial current measured as the generator "short circuits." I am taking the voltage values from an average of the measured voltage using the multi meter as a...
That makes sense, thank you. Should I therefore take the average, maximum current values the multimeter presents and multiply by the voltage to get the most accurate representation of it's power output?
I am performing an experiment where I have built a scale model of a wind turbine, and am measuring the current it can produce with a micro generator. I am using a standard multi meter and the micro generator is DC. I do not know much about the topic, but whenever I start measuring the current...