Ampere meter

Use
If you are wondering how much electricity is actually flowing through all your cables and circuits, then the Ampere meter is just the tool you need.

Once properly connected to your circuit, it will display how much electricity is flowing through the cables (the so called current). The number will automatically change when the current changes, so you can quickly see the flow through your circuit.

This tool can quickly show you when too much current is flowing through a certain piece of your circuit, which could destroy lamps, cables, consumers... or when nothing at all is flowing through your circuit because some cables are missing.

Placement
Adding the Ampere meter to a circuit is a bit more complicated than adding something like a volt meter. This is because an Ampere meter has to be a part of the actual circtuit, while the volt meter can just measure a certain block.

Now, the easiest way to set up an Ampere meter is by first placing it in the world (standard by right-clicking on a block). This will place down the meter, but with its display opposite to the block, so you might want to put it up against a wall. Then we can continue by connecting cables to the meter. Placing a cable next to a meter (cables connect to the top, bottom and both sides of the meter, but not to the front and back of the meter) will then make small conection cables come out from the meter. The second cable you place should be connected to one of those small connection cables, so it should be opposite to the first cable. Using an ampere meter in a turn will thus not work.