To all: the meter probes are clean. I've tried two different meters.
My skin is not contacting the probes or any exposed portion of wire.

Thanks David. Yes. I understand.

I'm now paying the price for not having kept accurate notes of what I
did to the wiring harness some years ago. But. I'll find out what I
did.

Neil.

On 2/26/14, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 03:28 PM 2/26/2014, Neil N wrote:

>>At the highest range, am I seeing a false reading for continuity?
>
> You're seeing a consistent (and presumably correct within the meter
> spec) reading for resistance.  1700 ohms is 0.001700 megohms.  You're
> seeing the first three digits which are 0.00.  All correct.

> But for tracking whether there's a basic connection, the 200 ohm
> range of the meter will do fine, or the continuity beeper which is
> usually set to trigger at somewhere between about 50 and 150 ohms
> (see your meter specs).

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