Must have volt/ohm meter

Just think of a electrical circuit as if it was a water system.

The battery (or alternator) is a pump, the wires are pipes, the the light bulb is a sprinkler.

The smaller or longer the pipe, the more pressure (voltage) you lose throught it.

Gmoney wrote: Voltage drop and resistance check two different test. Resistance is wires ability to conduct. Voltage drop is seeing actuators response to source voltage. Higj resistance can effect voltage drop. High resistance can become a load. No math just a quick simple check on wires abilty to perform its job. It all works in my little brain.

Gary,
Thanks for responding. However. you may want to get down to some basics. We are all not EE's here on CCfan.

Gmoney wrote: When doing resistance check isolate/power off when performing check. 2.0 and up is too much.

Is the 2.0 calculated for the amp load/wire size and length of wire run? What are you you using for your percent of voltage drop for the run?

I'm with you Pete, but couldn't let it pass by.

I have a good DMM, but it went off to college with my son.

If I get to HF, I'm buying 2! Would be handy to keep 1 in the truck.

OK Pete, can't let this one lay.

There seems to be another post about not buying cheap stuff . . . paradox here?

PS, I myself would buy it!

TAXES!!!

We need to get together and have a beer!

8122pbrainard wrote: I have mentioned it so many times that I've forgotten how many times I;ve actually mentioned, it. The basic volt/ohm meter is key to troubleshooting Most everything electrical on your boat it's needed. It's also great for problems with ignition systems. Here's a fantastic from HF. $5 how can you go wrong? I know many are not "electrically inclined" but, the VOM will come with basic instructions plus, we all here at CCfan are always here to help out. BTW, if you do buy the VOM. Understand it comes in very handy around the house too. Amaze you wife when you fix the light in the bath room!!!!

Maybe you could write up a few simple checks for us to cut our teeth on? ex-put this here and look for this and why

It would be a great way to celebrate 20k!

Right now I am boat-less. We use to go to West Point all the time but the past ten to tweleve years we go to Jackson. West Point has to much trash in it. In 85 I bought a brand new SN backed if off the trailer pulled to the bank to pickup my GF and bent the prop!

A server at one of the hops may be having issues, earlier today I was getting a Bad Gateway error. If it continues you can run tracert from a command prompt and it may tell you which server it is. Then you can notify the webmaster of the offending server.

hi pete, just testing a reply. Tried to reply to another thread and got a system massage "rejected by Spam filters"

If this message does get thru, why would i have received the rejection messages?

Save us some time, how many pages?

cphase wrote: Search for Pete saying "volt/ohm meter" Sorry Pete, just having a little fun!!!

Sorry Jeff but your search doesn't work!!! Mine does - I just checked it again!!!

I have mentioned it so many times that I've forgotten how many times I;ve actually mentioned, it. The basic volt/ohm meter is key to troubleshooting
Most everything electrical on your boat it's needed. It's also great for problems with ignition systems. Here's a fantastic from HF. $5 how can you go wrong? I know many are not "electrically inclined" but, the VOM will come with basic instructions plus, we all here at CCfan are always here to help out.

BTW, if you do buy the VOM. Understand it comes in very handy around the house too. Amaze you wife when you fix the light in the bath room!!!!