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>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 02:51:21 -0400
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>From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
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>Subject: Re: [vanagon] need tech info for tach cluster circuit board
>
>From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
>
>At 02:35 10/14/99 , MrVital@aol.com wrote:
>>The [resistor] in queston is black with a white band and letters and is
>>the 4th one up from the bottom.
>
>That would be a diode.  It passes current in only one direction, when the
>banded end is negative compared to the unbanded end.  If you are using an
>analog meter, should show some resistance with the leads placed one way,
>and open circuit the other way (not all meters have the same current
>polarity in Ohms ranges -- you can't count on the red lead being a
>positive current source).  If you have a digital meter the diode will show
>open circuit on ohms ranges -- you have to use the "diode check" function
>of the meter which should read open one way and probably a half-volt or
>less the other way.
>
>cheers
>david
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
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  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon.htm
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
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