Electricity Fairies Are Escaping

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Rick Staples.......You've touched on this before, but a dissertation would
be appreciated. My front battery runs down if I don't keep it charged up.
It has nothing to do with the house battery. This I've double checked. I
haven't started pulling the dash fuses yet to see if I can find the "leak".
What I'd like you to discuss is this: You said that a multimeter is not a
good way to check for something like this, but we should use a 12 volt
trouble light between the battery and the disconnected battery lead. I get
a normal voltage reading from the battery with the meter, but the 12 volt
light is something else. When I touch between the disconnected lead and the
battery terminal, the light glows brightly for a split second and then goes
out. No comprende. What am I looking at?.......Jim Davis on the Oregon
Coast where we're suffering in another 70 degree heat wave.

 

[gary miller]

Arch-
Real good application of Ohm's Law!!! Good trick to know.
Gary
North Bend, Oregon Coast

> Jim
>
> May I take a shot at this? First take off the positive cable.
>
> Make sure all of the goodies are shut off.
>
> Set meter to ohms setting.
>
> Connect meter to disconnected positive cable and negative terminal.
>
> 10 or less ohms and you have something still on.
>
> 10 to oh maybe 150 or so and you have a clock or small light on.
>
> at about 500 to 1000 ohms you have a real good leak
>
> anything above 10,000 ohms and you should be ok
>
> start pulling fuses to find the problem
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
> In a message dated 8/16/99 7:57:33 PM Central Daylight Time,

>
> > Rick Staples.......You've touched on this before, but a dissertation would
> > be appreciated. My front battery runs down if I don't keep it charged up.
> > It has nothing to do with the house battery. This I've double checked. I
> > haven't started pulling the dash fuses yet to see if I can find the
> "leak".
> > What I'd like you to discuss is this: You said that a multimeter is not a
> > good way to check for something like this, but we should use a 12 volt
> > trouble light between the battery and the disconnected battery lead.