- 1. Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:03:35 -0500
- Hey gang, I just had an interesting go around a my Dad's house with a circuit breaker that kept blowing, but everything in the house worked. Anyway, that got me to thinking about some electrical shor
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- 2. RE: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:53:14 -0800
- Basic idea is to run current through the circuit but limit heat dissipation; then use something to detect the current. JZ Witless used to sell a flasher thing that would replace the fuse, and a movi
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- 3. RE: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:20:02 -0500
- Randall, Thanks. I haven't been able to access JC Whitney. But I did a search a while back for the telephone toners. Got quite a list ranging from about $70 up. I was thinking about this one: http://
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00095.html (9,955 bytes)
- 4. RE: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:31:03 -0500
- I found one at Eastwood: http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1378&itemTy pe=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=SHORT%2CFINDER Sounds like what were describing. Also very inexpensive -
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- 5. Re: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:40:00 -0500
- I bought one from a big box hardware store a few years ago. It was less than 30 bucks. It's perhaps not as good as an expensive one, but it's done everything I wanted it to. It doessn't work on powe
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- 6. RE: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:47:26 -0800
- Ok, I may be a bit out of touch with prices ... been a long time since I've worked on telephones. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280060603074 Randall CONFIDENTIALITY. This electr
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00098.html (8,501 bytes)
- 7. Re: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: wmc_st@xxiii.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:46:07 -0500
- Also note, the telephone & network toners I've used require both leads from it to be connected to a pair of wires. They don't have to be a circuit or have a load on them, but it doesn't work on a sin
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00099.html (7,822 bytes)
- 8. Re: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:12:34 -0500
- The one I've got does. It works better over a pair of wires, or with a ground connection. It's got a pair of aligator clips, one ground, one with the signal, as well as a rj11 plug. If you clip the s
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- 9. RE: Finding open/shorts in car electrical system (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:13:53 -0800
- The body/chassis is the other wire. Randall CONFIDENTIALITY. This electronic mail and any files transmitted with it may contain information proprietary to NavCom Technology, Inc., or one of its affi
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00102.html (8,365 bytes)
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