I used this page (at bottom)

http://mechatronics.mech.northwestern.edu/design_ref/tools/multimeter.html

This page has a picture clearly showing meter in series at + wire:

http://scienceshareware.com/how-to-measure-DC-current-with-a-dmm.htm

Hope that helps!

Neil.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Courtney Hook<courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Mike, I'm actually trying to find a small current draw that is slowly
> draining my battery over a few days. I remember doing this with my bug, and
> putting the multimeter in between one battery terminal and it's cable. It
> read the current being drawn from whatever the culprit was. I then removed a
> fuse at a time until I found the circuit that was drawing the current and
> draining the battery. I can't remember if it was the pos. or neg. cable, and
> what I had my multimeter set for, amps, or volts etc.?? I'm electrical
> stupid.
> Courtney
>

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