Re: Finding a Short

Posted by George Marsh on October 12, 2014 at 06:16:30 from (192.182.61.224):

In Reply to: Re: Finding a Short posted by Steve@Advance on October 11, 2014 at 21:17:49:

Steve,
I know a person with an s10. After the truck sat
for 12 days battery was drained. It took a ma
meter to find the tiny mirror light that wouldn't
shut off.

I had a solenoid on seat belt release, car was 2
door, that wouldn't shut off. That took 4 days to
drain battery.

I installed new alternator on tractor. I checked
alternator for a drain, then wired both wires
going to alternator through the switch. I know a
few millamps will drain a tractor if it sets over
the winter.

So in my opinion, small drains are important too.

I remember when simpson 260 EVOM cost hundreds of
dollars. Today you can get good cheap EVOMs from
HF freight. I don't understant why people don't
have one. Sometimes HF even gives them away as a
gift. I have extra HF EVOM in every garage, pole
barn, house and carry one in truck. For under $20
HF freight sells a good digital amprobe that
measures peak current better than my old analog
meter. Great tool to have when measuring a
motor's starting current.

One time I had a lawn mower blowing a fuse. So
instead of buying fuses to test with, I took an
old round ammeter that came out of an old car,
installed wires with ends on it that I could slip
in fuse holder. Found the wire goind to
headlights had melted against the muffler.

So I like to use meters to test with.

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