I JUST READ BACK THRU THIS
JUST TO SEE IF YOU ARE TESTING RIGHT AND NOT GETTING TUNNEL VISION, AS YOU ARE NOW MEGA INVOLVED, UPSET AND FRUSTRATED
IF YOU SET YOUR METER TO OHMS---BATTERY DISCONNECTED
I LIKE TO USE LONGER JUMPER WIRES WITH ALLIGATOR ENDS---SOME OF MINE ARE 25' LONG (TESTING TRAILER LIGHTING)
I JUMPER MY METER'S GROUND ALL THE WAY TO THE NEG BATTERY CLAMP (NO DOUBT MY "BEGINNING SOURCE" IS GOOD)---ANYTHING "GROUNDED" WILL SHOW CONTINUITY ON THE DISPLAY WHEN I TOUCH THE METER'S POS LEAD TO ANYTHING GROUNDED.
NOW MOVE THE ALLIGATOR TO THE POSITIVE BATTERY CLAMP----FOR INSTANCE TOUCH THE METERS POS LEAD TO THE CENTER PIN OF THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER----IT SHOULD SHOW CONTINUITY
NOW
THE KICKER
IF ON EITHER BATTERY CLAMP
IF YOU TOUCH A "POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE WIRE". AND DOWN STREAM IS A LIGHT BULB/ MOTOR/ ETC.----
THAT PUPPY IS GONNA SHOW CONTINUITY TO GROUND (DEPENDING ON YOUR SETTING, YOU MAY READ THE RESISTANCE OF THE BULBS FILAMENT) THE BULB WILL "GROUND" YOU OUT!
SO INSURE IF YOU ARE TESTING FOR CONTINUITY, BOTH ENDS OF THE "TEST DUMMY WIRE" ARE "DISCONNECTED" FROM A KNOWN GROUND (LIKE A BULB)
I DO NOT KNOW 'ZACKLY HOW YOU ARE TESTING THE LINK
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I'M TALKING DOWN TO YOU---JUST MAYBE SOMETHING YOU ARE MISSING IN THE EQUATION----I GET "LOCKED IN AND HARD HEADED" ON A PROJECT AND SOMETIMES NEED A JOLT BACK INTO REALITY---I HAVE TERRIBLE "CRS" MYSELF
THE MEDIC
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 AT 5:05 AM