At 09:15 PM 6/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Can you stick a resistor in series with the probes, in the range of 1 to 100
>ohms?
>
>If you can, then amplify the AC voltage measured across the resistor and
>rectify it. If you need good linearity you can use an op-amp based active
>rectifier.

Or, more crudely, just allow a bit of voltage drop. With 16VAC to play
with there's
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