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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Default any good "how to" guides on using digital multi-meters?

I'd like to know what I'm doing while I'm chasing down this problem with my fans.

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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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YouTube - How To Use A Multimeter
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Multimeter Tutorial
so far
Old Dec 9, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Try Autpsoeed's tutorial:
part 1
part 2
part 3
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I'd start with the wiring diagram of the fan circuit.
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Just go faster to push more air through the rad. HA! But, seeing your wiring clutter from the transplant, check the power from the relays. Prolly lies somewhere from the MSPnP forward. Not much help w/o being there to chase it down. I hate electrical just as much as you do.
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Originally Posted by Machismo
Just go faster to push more air through the rad. HA! But, seeing your wiring clutter from the transplant, check the power from the relays. Prolly lies somewhere from the MSPnP forward. Not much help w/o being there to chase it down. I hate electrical just as much as you do.
I cleaning all that stuff up on Wednesday. Now that everything works properly, I'm going to shorten and tie everything. I bought $40 in zip ties and loom. Its going to be ultra clean, and I'm pulling anything which is unnecessary under the hood.

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buy some extra fuses


and i'm sure they mentioned it in those tutorials, but when checking resistance make sure you isolate whatever you are checking from the circuit. if you're looking for something like a draw or big voltage drop i'd be checking amperage and just sort of moving your way from one end of the circuit to the other. amperage is a nice tool because it gives you more of a real world reading.

dunno what you're doing exactly, but those are to big tips that have helped me.
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Originally Posted by ChairFaceChippendale
buy some extra fuses


and i'm sure they mentioned it in those tutorials, but when checking resistance make sure you isolate whatever you are checking from the circuit. if you're looking for something like a draw or big voltage drop i'd be checking amperage and just sort of moving your way from one end of the circuit to the other. amperage is a nice tool because it gives you more of a real world reading.

dunno what you're doing exactly, but those are to big tips that have helped me.
And relays!
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