Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Neureiter
Shut everything off in the hause, refrigerator, alarm clock and all, and see if the meter is still runnung. One easy way to figure if the heater is OK is to put a $ 5 Ohmeter to it and to apply Ohm's Law. -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D On 12/6/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Neureiter
Ohm's Law: Volts sqare/Watts = Ohms or Volts/Amps = Ohms On 12/6/05, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shut everything off in the hause, refrigerator, alarm clock and all, and see if the meter is still runnung. One easy way to figure if the heater is OK is to put a $ 5

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-07 Thread OK Don
Just measure continuity - if it's not a open circuit, it will draw current. On 12/6/05, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ohm's Law: Volts sqare/Watts = Ohms or Volts/Amps = Ohms -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Scordato
Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!! Ohm's Law: Volts sqare/Watts = Ohms or Volts/Amps = Ohms On 12/6/05, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shut everything

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-07 Thread Jim Cathey
So playing with lights in series, playing with electric meters at home, or calculating things is just not as practical as a little $20 widget you plug in in series and it tells you. My Maytag wattmeter does this for me, and was less than that at the thrift store, but it's not all that little.

[MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-06 Thread Tom Scordato
Last year I was trying to figure out A) if I have 110volt power to my block heater extention cord at the block heater plug. That is easy a $5.00 light up plug circuit tester. But that only says you have power, not that the heater is infact working. B) if I have 110 power to the block

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-06 Thread Jim Cathey
I can listen for a quiet hiss. I can come back out in an hour or two and feel the thermostat housing on the engine. I can turn the ignition on in an hour or two You can also use the common (and cheap) multimeter to measure the current to the plug, though that may require a jumper wire or

Re: [MBZ] The Mystery is Gone !!!

2005-12-06 Thread Marshall Booth
Jim Cathey wrote: I can listen for a quiet hiss. I can come back out in an hour or two and feel the thermostat housing on the engine. I can turn the ignition on in an hour or two You can also use the common (and cheap) multimeter to measure the current to the plug, though that may require