Hantek CC-65 low cost current probe review

[@kadirozdinc6065]

Thanks a lot for video. I have been thinking of buying this one to use in my project but I have some concerns. It seems at low amps around 100mA, probe works so noisy and this makes usage kind of fluctuating but in terms of speed seems preety good. Do you have any decent probe recommendation to use in low amp curcuit ?

[@KissAnalog]

I have an idea for you and hope to post a video about it tomorrow or at least this weekend. Thank you for the great comment!

[@kadirozdinc6065]

@@KissAnalog I will be waiting excitedly !

[@KissAnalog]

Kadir Özdinç I’m sorry, I ran in into difficulties. I’m traveling now, but I will get to this. I’m really anxious to delve into this topic! I understand what current level you. Are interested in, but at what frequency range? I want to be sure I get your answer as best I can!

[@tomsamplonius5988]

Clamp probes tend to be bad at low currents. You will have to use something inline for low currents. uCurrent Gold or tinyCurrent. However, these are hard to find, particularly uCurrent Gold which is out of stock everywhere. However, CurrentRanger is available, but it is more expensive than the CC-65 clamp probe.

[@sollykhan2385]

Thank you for this good video presentation, i have an exact clamp probe, and now i will better understand the somewhat daunting forethought's in a better confident manner.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks so much! Here is another on this probe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnixY3tnh5ebmdU

[@sollykhan2385]

@@KissAnalog THANK YOU, this world is made that much better for awesome people like yourselves, who do take the time and effort to go that extra 'mile' to make a palpable difference in everyone's lives, Yes i shall go there now and watch, take care and please keep on doing what you Do, Bless 😇

[@asadulhuq]

Thanks for nice presentation. While I was a student in the university (1979!) I used to use Techtronix analog oscilloscope and other measuring instruments. Currently I a am teacher in the same department, however, we don't have enough money to buy Techtronix or Fluke devices anymore. We only buy cheap Chinese products.

[@KissAnalog]

And thank you for the great feedback!! What current probes do you use now?

[@alocin110]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. The video is well explained and very clear demonstrations. I like your videos because you present testing equipment with your hands-on experience. Your commentary is good and your explanations of certain features are crystal clear. Thank you again. Keep up the good sharing. Regards.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks much! I appreciate you!

[@kostaskritsilas2681]

I loved the Tektronix DM91X line of meters. I used to use a DM914. I liked it better than my Fluke 89, and it had a huge variety of power on options, and built in display diagnostics. While not a Tektronix design, I think the firmware was from Tektronix.

[@KissAnalog]

Tektronix and Fluke were both scooped up by Danaher Corporation so I think they wanted Fluke to focus on hand held DMMs, so Tektronix stopped making theirs. I do think Fluke picked up on some of Teks technology though. I need to look at the power on options;). Thank you for sharing!!

[@markuskeller9734]

Very cool stuff. I have ordered one as well. Never used such before but it will be quite useful in some of my applications. And it is cheap enough to let me play with it in my lab as well. Thanks for the review. I should be more careful watching your videos as I start buying more and more stuff you reviewed. :) My wife just rollin' eyes about all the packages arriving ... ;)

[@KissAnalog]

Markus Keller LOL Thanks Markus! I hope you have fun with your new toys;)

[@abusiveben]

I like that hantek probe.I was thinking about getting one to go with the broken dso1060 scope meter i bought off ebay. Somebody spilled a soda in it and then tried to clean it with water lmao ...so its a nightmare to repair. Great review on the probe!

[@KissAnalog]

Sounds like you have your work cut out;). The Hantek probe has been great - it just needs to have the degaussing button reset it after every few readings - just to be sure.

[@EdwinFairchild]

2 quick questions, how good is that switching power supply book? and what camera are using to record?

[@KissAnalog]

It is pretty good and is focused on simulation. What level of book would you like? I’ve read or own most of them;). I’m using the Panasonic GH4. What do you think?

[@EdwinFairchild]

@@KissAnalog the video looks solid and the focusing is on point. I like it. I really want an introductory book but at the same time something practical I can apply. And grow from there to make a more complicated power supply .

[@KissAnalog]

My specialty is power supply design. I’ve had to do a lot of videos on my equipment and building my so I’m only starting on my power supply design videos.

[@EdwinFairchild]

@@KissAnalog I am really fascinated by power electronics, both switching and linear. I had a chance to go intern at Tesla and they were using some resonant converters for their cars and its all great stuff, though a bit advanced for me, nevertheless power electronics is something I really wish to master or at least become proficient with. I also love digital stuff and microcontrollers, that is the focus of 90% of my videos only because its easy for me , but the power electronics stuff I really want to learn and build my own. Everytime I search youtube for "Build a power supply" the common thing to see is people using prebuilt power supplies and attaching a pot and a volt meter screen and throwing it in an enclosure and there you go "i built a power supply". I have been concidering taking a course in California with "Ridley engineering" where they teach you how to make a switching power supply down to winding your own inductors. But its $2000 so im in the process of saving up for that.

[@KissAnalog]

That is great! I see you are really interested, and have done your homework. I hope to teach power design, and how to design magnetics as well. I’m going to build on videos until people watching these will eventually become experts! I’ll keep it simple, but with each step, the depth of understanding will become quite high.

[@target-mechanica]

Good job thank you for the information👍🏻

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks so much!

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Is that psu an old programable linear tektronix? Nice

[@KissAnalog]

GW Instek actually made the Tektronix Power Supply;)

[@richardk7991]

Hi Eddie, watched the video on the hantek amp probe, well done. It won't work for me though I need a much higher frequency response and am looking at a Rogowski coil. Have you done anything with them? I have one that I want to use with a scope but I have no integrator. I was thinking of using it with a 50 Ohm resister across the output but now I need to calibarate it and I don't know the turns and L I was wondering if you have any suggestions? Thanks Richard

[@KissAnalog]

I have used a Rogowski coil, but I haven't built one. I am interested in trying though;) I did a video on 'Methods of measuring an Inductor'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZqQZ6abqJZpkLM Let me know if this helps...

[@JeffinTD]

Nice video. Would have been neat to see how it does with a wave form, even just a dc motor with a bad segment on the commutator or something.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll do that very soon;)

[@juhanasiren6824]

The button on the clamp is zero, not degauss. It eliminates the effect of external fields that would mess with the DC measurement (in effect, you're measuring a constant magnetic field, and you need to cancel out all other fields, including the Earth's, to distinguish the induced field). You need to zero the clamp each time you move it. Degauss means demagnetizing.

[@KissAnalog]

Yes I believe we are both correct. A current probe that can read DC current can retain a charge or magnetic field as it is not reset in a DC application. Monitoring AC current will reset the core as the current resets the core each cycle. So, a current probe capable of DC current measurement will have a degaussing or zero feature. If I do not move the probe, but zero it then take several measurements, I’ll eventually need to re-zero as it needs degaussing. Another way to see this is it might take several pressing of the zero button to actually get a good degaussing. Below is a nice note from Keysight. Thank you for this great comment! literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/N2893-97004.pdf?id=2003257

[@juhanasiren6824]

@@KissAnalog Ah, of course there's that. Good point.

[@versace885]

Hi Eddie, A very nice presentation, thank you so much

[@KissAnalog]

Thank you for the great feedback!

[@laldogpaul568]

A side by side test would show what it can do alongside a high end clamp.

[@KissAnalog]

I really like that idea! I’ve used them side by side in other videos but not in a video meant to review them side by side - great idea!!!

[@friedmule5403]

I can see that you are not trying to compete with EEV-Dave or Mr. Carlson in gear:-) That brings me to think of, what gear do I really need if II want a "complete" lab, if power supply and amplifier is what I think of doing most?

[@KissAnalog]

Fried Mule thanks -that’s funny! It would be nice to have gear given to me by the big boy equipment guys - but I guess I’ll have to keep buying my own;). I actually do have a storage to empty out where I have lots of older equipment. Maybe I should give it away to my viewers...? I probably have extra Tektronix multimeters that I could give away. I need to find some way to do that. I’ll do a video on lab equipment for amp and ps work - and why it would be needed.

[@friedmule5403]

@@KissAnalog Both things a great idea, about giving gear away, maybe you can let people pay the postage upfront via PayPal and get your great gear for that "price"? It will make it free for you and insane cheap for those who are lucky:-)

[@KissAnalog]

Fried Mule that’s a great idea! Now I have to come up with a method on how to choose the recipient:)

[@friedmule5403]

@@KissAnalog hmm what about if you make a small video with what you wich to give away. Then can those who has been subscribed before that video, within 24 hours write in the comment the unit they would like to have, if more the one are burning for the same unit, they get a number in that order they commented, lets say it is 7 subscribers. You then select a random number between 1 and 7 and that number wins. :-)

[@KissAnalog]

Fried Mule that sounds like a great idea - thanks!

[@kaybhee6]

keen

[@KissAnalog]

Thank you!

[@EnergySeeker]

i thought i will be able to see the sine wave of the current , how to do that ?

[@KissAnalog]

Yes, if the current is a sine wave it will show it that way. Thanks for asking;)

[@11orchids]

Informative video .. thank you..

[@KissAnalog]

Thank you!

[@EnergySeeker]

can you connect it to any scope or it have to be hantek ?

[@KissAnalog]

Yes you can connect this to any scope. It is just a simple BNC connector. Great question - thank you!

[@tabs123456]

Hi, hoping for some help from someone alot more knowledgeable than me. Im about to buy this model current probe and also my first ever oscilloscope, I want to measure and look at AC Current. If I buy a Oscilloscope that is DC coupling only, will that be a problem? Thank you

[@KissAnalog]

Sounds like you are about to have fun:) Most scopes will do both AC or DC coupling, but if the scope can only do DC the probe should still work. Thanks for the question.

[@tabs123456]

@@KissAnalog thank you. It is to look at the wave form that my ac tig welder is putting out. The oscilloscope im thinking of ordering is just a cheap pc based unit dc coupling only. When i also measure voltages with the regular probe i think all will be ok as it has a 10x probe and 35v max input on the oscilloscope. But im new to all this, so far all i know about oscilloscopes is from from resding and watching videos like yours.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

I paid double yesterday withe the Canadian Loonie hahaha

[@KissAnalog]

I appreciate you!!

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@KissAnalog I appreciate you Eddie.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks my Canadian friend;)

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@KissAnalog I appreciate you even more haha. I'm trying to get ahold of a guy for an estate sale so I can buy stuff and the fucker won't even answer and I told him I'm serious about making a purchase of a set of speakers and a specific old receiver and amp.

[@frankl1955]

I ordered one from testingvillage via Amazon and they sent me a repackaged CC 650 but Amazon has got my back. I understand the CC 650 cost more and has a higher range but the one they sent me was obviously a repacked return not to mention I need the smaller jaw. I’m waiting to see if they send the right item, if not it will go back for a refund.

[@KissAnalog]

I got a deal like that but was an Owon current probe. I’m sorry about your trouble - keep us posted on how it turns out. Thank you.

[@frankl1955]

Amazon had them send me the right one Sunday, now I’m just waiting for UPS to pick up the wrong one. I put it through its paces Sunday and it seems at least as good as the one I got in my Uscope kit from aeswave. I was able to get really clean traces on things like fuel injectors, ignition coils , and my fuel pump. I wanted one with a bnc connector to go with my new Owon scopemeter which for the money is not bad at all. It has a nice clear display and enough detail to pick out thigs like a pintle hump on an injector.

[@KissAnalog]

That's great - I'm happy to hear that Amazon helped with that. I kept my Owon current probe too long to return it - but I think I was kind of happy to keep it so that I could see if I could make some improvements - hopefully just chaining value of components and desoldering bad connections;) What the heck is a Pringle hump;) That sounds like something very specialized!

[@frankl1955]

A Pintle Hump is the slight change in current in a fuel injector when the injector pintle passes through the solenoid winding core on closure. If nothing else its an indication of physical movement in an injector. Also, with a current probe and scope I can get an indication of the health of any commutator driven dc motor like the fuel pump and cooling fans by the commutator humps riding on the DC. In fact I was having weird heat related problems and when I scoped the current on the cooling fan I found about half the commutator segments were not being used. The fan ran smooth but was not moving its rated CFM.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks for that great info - very interesting!

[@souzaeletro]

1x or 10x use

[@KissAnalog]

This probe sets up as 10x or 100x. Nice for the money for sure;)

[@kenwallace6493]

Hard to see how it "degausses" a core when it has no windings on the core.

[@tonyfremont]

Inductors like that can hold a residual magnetic bias after heavy current flow. I suspect the "degaussing" is also resetting what the probe thinks zero is.

[@KissAnalog]

I think it probably does have turns on the core. Great question Ken! Thanks!

[@azapps]

That's funny, I have the same current probe, and my (conventional) current arrow points the other way.

[@KissAnalog]

Wow - do you actually have an arrow on yours? I had to use a power supply to check;) Thanks for your feedback!

[@azapps]

@@KissAnalog No, i drew my arrow like you did.

[@KissAnalog]

I think that's so funny that they left that off;) Not bad product at all for the price. Have you had good luck with yours?

[@azapps]

@@KissAnalog Yes, it works pretty well for the price. I wish it had better low current performance. I would like to see 1mV/mA range, It can't measure 20mA because the 2mV output is in the noise.

[@robertbox5399]

The killer for me with these is the battery life. They're always flat when I need one. We have Pico probes which look the same as these. Great for testing your car alternator on the fly perhaps.

[@luismardones2554]

Metrahit multimeters detected ?? Models ???

[@KissAnalog]

No, unfortunately I don’t have one of those cool meters:( Thanks for commenting.

[@kaybhee6]

why dudes like uni-t,,, dont have bnc coming out of their true rms clamps huh....

[@KissAnalog]

Maybe I should get one and try it. Great to hear from you!

[@ausmartin1]

Zero button on CC65 gets stuck travels too deep! I'm sure Hantek NEVER actually use their own products so continue building faulty products year in year out. Strangely the CC650 uses the same button and design but works correctly. You can add an oring on the CC65 zero switch to fix the over travel. Reminder one screw retains the PCB the brass contacts are pain to locate back try some dielectric grease verticle peaks towards PCB. Be gentle with use as many trim pots and the cable exiting the body is NOT protected and will break there. As to contacting Hantek for support... don't waste your time they don't reply.

[@KissAnalog]

Thanks for this feedback! I agree, Hantek's customer service doesn't seem to be home;) I wiggle the button when it gets stuck, and I agree that the cord exiting the meter does not have strain relief, so I'm careful with it. But, it does seem to work great for the price;)

[@ausmartin1]

@@KissAnalog Spot on... for DIY with intermittent use it does the job 😎🤩

[@DavidQuick-t4e]

In my humble opinion , you need to get yourself another multi meter. Just saying!

[@KissAnalog]

LOL - I think you are right;)

[@muppetpaster]

40 bucks on aliexpress

[@KissAnalog]

Thank you! Cheers!