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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">not helping on meter question, but 12 volt lights with clip-leads attached will show current flow quite nicely....remove fuse...clip light bulb across removed fuse...if circuit is conducting current, the light bulb will "glow" (simetimes called a "bug-lite" by the old Telephone Company Central-Office-Techs)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jim<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 4:04:57 PM PST, llennep--- via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; font-size-adjust: none;">Hello Listers,<span></span>
<div>I am seeking to tap the knowledge of the list on this general auto matter.</div>
<div>I bought a hot rod last year and from the get go I have had a battery drain. If system is left on the batt will get too weak to start engine in a couple days or so. Recently I have been chasing the problem in earnest. I did find one issue and resolved that with the hope that the drain was fixed. No. Still there.</div>
<div>So yesterday I began preparing for the standard search method - pulling fuses one at a time and noting the drop in amps running through the system. However I needed a dependable multimeter. I have 3 but do not trust the amperage reading on any of them. I secured a known good meter today and here is what I am observing.</div>
<div>The reading starts out reading a few tenths amp fluctuating wildly and then drops to almost 0 in 2-3 seconds. This happens time after time. What is going on here? Why is the meter behaving this way?</div>
<div>Any help much appreciated.</div>
<div>Keith</div>
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