[Spridgets] Volt meter

[Michael Rowe]

I lost power to one side of my tail lights; it turned out to be a bad fuse that had not melted, just lost contact internally somewhere.  While tracing power, I got an 11 v reading from the working side to ground and a 19 v reading from the dead wire to ground.  How does a volt meter get any reading at all from a dead circuit?  Is it coming back from the ground?  Then why 19 v?

Michael Rowe
'74 Midget
'60 Sprite kit
Long Island, NY