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Friday off-T solar questions:long
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 08:41:24 -0800
...LED test panel (like the westie unit) or my digital multimeter...but the digital meter and different sun intensities, day to day has got...
Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:38:58 -0800
...MAX marks * set digital multimeter, Fluke 83 (US 1119) to ohms function * check resistance of level sensor with digital multimeter Fluke 83 (US 1119...
Re: NVC: measuring impedance of a speaker?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:32:13 -0500
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Ben McCafferty wrote: > I have a fairly sophisticated digital multimeter, but it only goes down to > 200 ohms for...
Re: Multimeter recommendation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:15:12 -0500
...meter. > > > > > > $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine > > > for general automotive work. > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > >>Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
Re: Multimeter Recommendations
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:26:14 -0700
...05 PM,Anthony Egeln wrote: >> On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, >> ranging in price from under $10 to close to $200...
Re: Multimeter recommendation
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:37:02 -0800
...meter. > > > > $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine > > for general automotive work. > > > > - > > > > > >>Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
Re: Multimeter Recommendations
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:55:44 -0400
...LED voltmeter got me thinking about buying a > multimeter. On Amazon they have them both digital and analog, > ranging in price from under $10...
Re: When in Doubt - Temp 2 - thanks to Digitool
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:15:50 -0700
...says, it ain't nuthin' you can't do with a digital multimeter and a stickpin already. At eight bucks (86+ 2WD) or twenty...
Re: Relay Test Method
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 13 May 2002 00:08:11 -0400
...some from a parts vans I've acquired. > >I have a digital multimeter. > >Regards, > >Tom Hanlon Depends on what you're calling a relay...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:40:48 -0500
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:31:15 -0500
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:07:03 +0000
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:42:57 -0800
...What you need in a van digital multimeter are: Banana jacks so you can use different test leads or adapters. Power switch that is...
Re: VoltMinder-Is it a good thing?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:59:32 -0700
...Harbor Freight has their cheapo multimeter on sale for $1.99. > Pretty easy to use direct or convert the leads to a 'cigar lighter...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:40:30 -0700
...I put my digital multimeter on 2 >>> volts and checked the terminals. It read 0.00. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >> >> > > >
Re: No spark in the Digifant
Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 19:25:31 -0400 (EDT)
...brings me to the Hall sender I tried testing it with a > multimeter(digital Fluke 77) but didn't get a blip. Bentley says...
Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 13 May 2017 23:46:19 -0400
If two hundred to four hundred dollars doesn't scare you, Micro Seven has a very capable-looking talking multimeter called VM10 for 300...
Re: Coolant light mystery
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:30:55 -0600
...MAX marks > * set digital multimeter, Fluke 83 (US 1119) to ohms function > * check resistance of level sensor with digital multimeter Fluke 83 > (US 1119...
Re: Multimeter recommendation
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:21:02 -0500
...meter. > > > > $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine > > for general automotive work. > > > > - > > > > > >>Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:17:55 -0500
...I put my digital multimeter on 2 >>>> volts and checked the terminals. It read 0.00. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >
Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:28:19 -0800
...Many people gave me instructions on using my multimeter to trouble shoot stuff like current drain, etc..Well, I never could get any real...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:04:42 -0700
...I put my digital multimeter on 2 >>>> volts and checked the terminals. It read 0.00. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >>
Re: Overnight Battery Drain
Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:32:45 -0800
...With the Multimeter in series, pull fuses until you find the one(s) whose removal zeros the reading on your Multimeter (possibly two different...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:28:18 -0500
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Learning Electricity Part Two
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:06:31 -0500
...I got out my digital multimeter yesterday and applied some of what I learned, and I find that it makes me a better vanagon...
Re: Blinking Red Light--solved?
Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:31:31 -0400
...MAX marks * set digital multimeter, Fluke 83 (US 1119) to ohms function * check resistance of level sensor with digital multimeter Fluke 83 (US 1119...
Re: 02 mixture questions
Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:54:25 -0500
...Attach your DIGITAL multimeter to 02 sensor (still connected to harness green wire), should read between .4 & .7 volts or so engine warmed up...
Re: Friday off-T solar questions:long
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 08:53:16 -0800
...LED test panel (like the westie unit) or my digital multimeter...but the digital meter and different sun intensities, day to day has got...
Re: Multimeter recommendation
Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:16:09 -0800
...A Fluke will last 10 > >>to 1000 > >>times longer than a 10 or 20 dollar meter, > > I've had a dozen cheap digital millimeters...
Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 07:55:11 -0400
...I was going to do this buy cannibalizing a cheap digital multimeter that had a 10amp DC current scale. I was going to mount...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 7 Jan 2017 01:47:29 +0000
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Coolant light mystery
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:39:21 -0500
...MAX marks > * set digital multimeter, Fluke 83 (US 1119) to ohms function > * check resistance of level sensor with digital multimeter Fluke 83 > (US 1119...
Re: Multimeter recommendation
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:37:02 -0800
...meter. >>>> >>>> $10 multimeters at Harbor Freight even have this feature and are fine >>>> for general automotive work. >>>> >>>> - >>>> >>>> >>>>> Sears sells some digital Fluke meters, as...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 19:24:08 -0500
...What you need in a van digital multimeter are: Banana jacks so you can use different test leads or adapters. Power switch that is...
Re: Multi Meter
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 8 Dec 2013 08:10:34 -0500
...world, and upgrade from my 40 year > old analog multimeter to one of newer digital types. > > Soliciting recommends for a new meter - best bang...
Re: Sharing a voltmeter between two batteries
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:33:03 -0500
...I want to use a cheap digital multimeter to do what you have said. I also want to measure amps going into or out...
Re: [Syncro] AFM testing
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 3 Mar 2001 19:17:24 -0800
...A digital multimeter isn't fast enough to pickup these dips or spikes. David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road...
Re: EFI or Carburator Suggestion!
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 28 May 1998 17:41:09 -0700
...One just needs a cheap digital multimeter (<$20), a fuel pressure gauge (make it yourself for <$10) and the fuel injection troubleshooting procedure from...
Re: recommended vw/vanagon mechanic in NE portland or.
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:27:43 -0800
...You can! Get a cheap digital multimeter. HarborFright sells them for about $5 much of the time. Then get a spare 9 volt battery...
Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:53:58 -0700
...pick > arrangement on the other end? Or if I use my digital multimeter set > at 20v > as a tester, I should get a 12...
Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 20:05:26 -0500
...The lowest I've seen on a digital > multimeter is one megohm, which is still plenty for any normal van > purposes. Cheap analog meters...
Re: Multi Meter
Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 18:48:14 -0500
...world, and upgrade from my 40 year old > analog multimeter to one of newer digital types. > > Soliciting recommends for a new meter - best bang...
Re: Vanagon Tool Box
Historical mailing list - ccc1
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:30:16 -0600
...and 17 mm allen wrenches, 6 mm triple square bit, cheap digital multimeter, 5" Vise-Grips�, assortment of metric fasteners, fuses, 3 m of...
Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:14:59 -0500
At 05:28 PM 11/11/2007, Don Hanson wrote... > Many people gave me instructions on using my multimeter to trouble > shoot >stuff like...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:22:09 -0700
...I put my digital multimeter on 2 >>>> volts and checked the terminals. It read 0.00. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >>
Re: Friday off-T solar questions:long
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 11:42:45 -0800
...LED test > panel (like the westie unit) or my digital multimeter...but the digital > meter and different sun intensities, day to day has got...
Re: [WetWesties] RE: Overnight Battery Drain
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:12:42 -0800
...The key to finding your > battery drain is to use a Multimeter that can read amps (as all but the > least expensive can). To...
Re: Adjust Battery LED Pot
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Mon, 28 Nov 94 10:17:24 PST
...I wasn't sure of this myself until I got a decent digital multimeter. The 13.5 reading that one gets briefly after charging...
How do you tell how much juice a battery has/?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:49:58 -0800
...I have a digital multimeter and I get voltage readings but I'm told that is no real indicator of how good the battery...
Re: voltage in water tank?
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:56:42 -0700
...The combination of a very high impedance voltmeter (such as a good digital voltmeter) and hard water might very well result in enough current...
Re: [vanagon] 90 Vanagon Starting issue
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:46:20 -0500
...You will need a basic cheap digital multimeter, something that can be found for around $10 - 20 at a FLAPS. Some people like to...
Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 13 May 2017 23:48:11 -0400
...It includes a six inch digital calipers attachment. > http://www.specialneedscomputers.ca/index.php?l=product_detail&p=841 > > For much less money Jameco...
Re: measuring impedance of a speaker?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:41:48 -0500
...magnetically shielded, design for t.v." I have a fairly sophisticated digital multimeter, but it only goes down to 200 ohms for resistance. Is...
Re:No Spark in digifant
Historical mailing list - Kevin McCaig
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 19:18:40 -0300
...brings me to the Hall sender I tried testing it with a > multimeter(digital Fluke 77) but didn't get a blip. Bentley says...
Re: Friday off-T solar questions:long
Historical mailing list - Rob
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:50:39 -0500
...LED test > > panel (like the westie unit) or my digital multimeter...but the digital > > meter and different sun intensities, day to day has got...
Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:05:00 -0700
...I put my digital multimeter on 2 >>>>> volts and checked the terminals. It read 0.00. >>>>> >>>>> Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>
Re: Aircooled FI Questions
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:27:37 -0700
...I was also getting momentary readings in the 800's on my > digital multimeter. Is it safe to say that the resistance strip is...
Re: Checking if coolant replacement needed
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:17:56 -0400
...Use a high impedance digital multimeter to measure voltage >between battery negative terminal and coolant. That is stick >one lead into the coolant reservoir...
Re: Need "MUST-HAVE" Tool List
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:32:25 -0500
...similar PB Blaster or Aero Kroil penetrating oil Brake cleaner Cheap digital multimeter -- the $6 one from Harbor Fright is fine. Some 16-ga...
Tiico won't start. Advice or Phone Help Please!
Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:22:23 -0600
...I have run out of ideas, but have a good selection of hand tools, a digital multimeter, jumper wires, Bentley, and the Tiico installation...