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How to sense if a heater is plugged and on

I want to remotely check if one of my home sockets (which happens to power a heater) is transmitting current or not. I do this as a hobby project, so my main priority is to learn through the process ...
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Measuring AC Current at High Voltages (up to 600VAC)

I've been looking at various ways to measure current for a while now, and am stumped on how to read high-side AC Current Measurements ohmically (no Hall Effect sensors). My initial thought was to use ...
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High voltage and cheap differential amplifier

Can I use a LM324N (very common) op-amp to act as a high-side differential current sense op amp at high voltage? The Differential Amplifier The differential input voltage rating is 32v, but my load ...
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Current sensing on negative 1.1kV DC rail

I searching for a way to do high side current sensing on a -1100V DC rail. My HV is generated from the hamamatsu C9619 High voltage power supply module and it powers the hamamatsu R647P ...
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High side current sensing for negative high voltage

I need to monitor the current for a negative high voltage supply. I implemented the following circuit in a simulation program: https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1867 But ...
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High voltage 1100 V current sense on the high side

I have the circuit that you see below. My load is a photomultiplier tube equivalent to a 3.63Mohm resistor. My power supply can deliver max 4W (2kV and 2mA). I use it on 1100V and the load draws ~...
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Wide range current sensing at +5kVDC

I am working on a control and interface board for high voltage supplies, which requires some current measurement to be implemented. The general terms of the question are similar to this one. The ...
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High side, high voltage, micro ampere current sensing

I am working on a project in which I am required to sense current in micro ampere range from a 2 kV power supply. Here is a link of an article which I am referring. https://www.analog.com/en/technical-...
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Op amp with transistor in feedback

I am currently looking for a high side current sense IC. I have noticed that most of them that are without galvanic separation, are using an op amp with bjt transistor like in bellow schematics: The ...
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