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.
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Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX
'82 300SD, '95 E300D
On 12/6/05, Marshall Booth [EMAIL
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
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
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC
The FSM created the
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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
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.
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
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
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