On Jul 26, 2008, at 2:16 PM, David Beierl wrote: > Light dawns on Marblehead...are you measuring across the metal rod > itself?
Yes. At both ends and also at 1/3 and 2/3 across the rod.
> What you need to be doing is measuring across the two leads coming > from the rod. Ah. The two wires, or leads as you call them, aren't accessible as they enter the copper rod. There are two layer of insulation, a yellowish and whitish woven cloth surrounding the wires, which prevents me from making contact with either of them with the probes. That's why I started with probing the wires as they exited and re-entered their plastic terminal posts. Can't isolate the wires from the copper core because they are connected inside the rod and the rod is packed with some white solid material. I could disconnect both wires at the terminal and test the entire circuit for resistance. The wire + the copper rod. Right? If I did that, what do you think the multimeter should read? Thomas (aka, "marblehead) |
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