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Re: Electrical Troubleshooting Problem
"Travis Jordan" <no.one@no.net> wrote in message
news:SPy0g.141403$nk.49361@fe04.news.easynews.com...[color=blue]
> Jeff Strickland wrote:[color=green]
>> If I connect my volt meter properly, it can tell me the current that
>> is available -- I haven't done this test yet. I would expect to see
>> something in the range of 10 amps (this is the rating of the fuse) to
>> make the lamps come on. If I only see 0.5 amps, this would seem to
>> support my theory of a bad switch. Is that right?[/color]
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> If you connect your "volt meter" to the ampere current range and connect
> it to the socket, you will blow the fuse. And you might even fuse the
> intermittent contact on the reverse switch, if indeed that is the
> problem.
>
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That's correct. But if I connect my volt meter properly, I'd be using the
ameter sockets and selection on the meter's dial ...
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