George wrote:

>Considering the short run of wires and the minor currents involved this is
>surely wasted effort.  I have, arguably, one of the best portable DVM's
>made and
>I doubt if it could reliably measure the small potential drop at full load
>across even the longest conductor used in the headlight system.

Hmmm. My American Electricians Handbook shows the DC resistance of
14AWG stranded copper wire to be .002624 ohm per foot.

5 feet would be .01312 ohm. (I imagine there's more than 5 feet...)

At 10 amps, the voltage drop is 0.1312 volts.

What meter do you have that won't measure 1/10 of a volt accurately?

Did you get it at Harbor Freight?

Steve
EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"