Date:         Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:22:52 -0800
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Volt Ohm Meter: Continuity Checking, Ohm Range Settings
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
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> You might as well measure human hairs with a yardstick.

ha! Funny. Ok. This is what I thought.

Either I have a large load on that part of the circuit or something
else is hinky.

For the record, the wire I'm tracking down is supposed to supply the
ECU (Motronic) with constant B+. As it stands, I think I have it wired
in on the load side of a relay that is triggered on when engine is
running.  I assume this "constant B+" is used to maintain some kind of
ECU memory relative to the DTC, adaptive circuitry.

Neil.

On 2/26/14, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Now you know WHY the meter has ranges in the first place.
>
> Compared to 20,000,000  a mere 1,700 is as good as zero.
>
> You might as well measure human hairs with a yardstick.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Neil N wrote:
>
>> At the highest range, am I seeing a false reading for continuity?



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