AC-only and AC/DC clamps use different physics inside the jaw · review
The highest current range here at 1000 A AC and DC, with an inrush mode for motor starting currents and VFD and low-impedance modes for drives and ghost voltages.
What the figures leave us with The most capable clamp here on function, and the one whose missing category rating is hardest to overlook.
A clamp specified for motors and drives, and silent on the specification that places it.
Measurement of 1000 A AC and DC current, 750 V AC and 1000 V DC voltage, frequency, duty cycle, resistance, capacitance and diodes, with true-RMS. An inrush current function, stated to help locate a starting problem in a motor or a control cabinet. A built-in non-contact voltage detector and an LED torch. Variable-frequency drive filtering (VFD) and low-impedance (LoZ) modes for measurements on drives and on circuits carrying induced voltage.
VFD filtering strips the switching frequency of a drive out of the measurement, leaving the fundamental. Without it, a clamp on a drive output reports a number that corresponds to nothing. LoZ loads the circuit enough to collapse an induced phantom voltage, which is what stops you chasing a live conductor that is not live.
Both are specialist, both are the reason this costs what it does, and neither appears on any other clamp in this hub.
A 1000 V DC range implies work on installations where transients are exactly the risk a category rating describes. The listing does not carry one.
Read on the day this page was built: $80 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 31 August 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Amazon reference | B08CX6VHWV (identical on 6 markets) |
|---|---|
| EAN | 0808281849727 |
| Voltage measurement | 1000 A AC/DC · 750 V AC / 1000 V DC |
| Functions | inrush |
| Display | VFD and LoZ modes |
At $80, it is the 3 cheapest of the 3 models in this category published here.
A motor starting draws several times its running current for a fraction of a second. A normal clamp averages that away and shows nothing unusual. An inrush mode captures the peak, which is how a starting fault is located. KAIWEETS states an inrush function for motors and control cabinets.
Low impedance mode loads the circuit slightly, which collapses the phantom voltage induced on a floating conductor. Without it, a high-impedance meter reads a convincing voltage on a wire that is not connected to anything.
None appears in this listing, which is a notable omission on an instrument offering a 1000 V DC range. Read the manual and follow it.
7.5/ 10
The most capable clamp here on function, and the one whose missing category rating is hardest to overlook.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 31, 2026.
Motor and drive work, where inrush and VFD filtering are the two modes that make the reading meaningful.
Listed because the accessory names this instrument itself.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 100.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for measuring instruments and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
400 A True RMS · inrush · low-pass filter ~160 Hz
A trade mini-clamp reading load currents to 400 A with true-RMS, an inrush function and a low-pass filter at around 160 Hz for suppressing the switching noise of motor drives.
Best for: Motor and lighting installations where the drive noise is the reason previous readings made no sense.
1 mA resolution · True RMS · color LCD · 19.2 × 4.5 × 3.0 cm (7.6 × 1.8 × 1.2 in)
A pocket clamp with 1 mA resolution for finding leakage and parasitic drain, an automatic multimeter mode, and a color screen — in a body under twenty centimeters long.
Best for: Chasing a parasitic drain on a vehicle, or a leakage current that a normal clamp reads as zero.
≈ $50
800 A AC and DC · True RMS · 6000 counts · 5-in-1
An 800 A AC and DC clamp with true-RMS and 6000 counts, positioned by its maker for solar and balcony photovoltaic work — which is where the DC capability earns its keep.
Best for: Solar and battery work, where the current is direct and an AC-only clamp reads nothing at all.
≈ $34
