purple_stars wrote:
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maybe the OP could borrow a data logger or multimeter/laptop setup ...
that's what most people do when they need an expensive tool, borrow it,
or rent it

actually i just looked around and radio shack has a multimeter that can
handle 10amps that has a serial interface on it, even comes with pc
software. costs 70$us, i think i'm going to go get one for myself and
try it out haha