Re: [ihc] Re: [OLDIHC:] Short Searching

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

Don't forget that an ammeter MUST always be used in series. Take off 
the battery terminal, put one lead of the ammeter on the battery 
terminal and the other on the end of the cable. Putting it across the 
terminals will burn it out.

John Hofstetter

On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 03:22 PM, Ryan Moore wrote:


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Nees" <cookiedan@domain.elided>
> To: <ihc@domain.elided>; <josephshaw@domain.elided>
> Cc: "Old Ihc List" <oldihc@domain.elided>
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 17:11
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Re: [OLDIHC:] Short Searching
>
>
> > Hey, uh, what's up Doc?
> >    Well, if you want to start eliminating things, start pulling 
> > fueses out
> > until the draw goes away, assuming the short is down stream of the 
> > fuse
> box.
> > What truck is this on?
> >    The other way to start eliminating things would be to start pulling
> > harness plugs in the engine compartment and see if that narrows down 
> > the
> > search any.
> >
> > Dan Nees
> > cookiedan@domain.elided
> What he said.... I also move that you get a multimeter and actually 
> *verify*
> your battery is getting a draw when the key is off.  It could simply 
> be a
> bad battery.
>
> After that, I recommend the fuse by fuse method, once again using the
> multimeter to see exactly when the draw goes away.
>
> -Ryan
>
>
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