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@@LurgsHowToGuides 😂 Bout the same here. With the original comment. I can figure out how to test things w a multimeter after a nice video tutorial. Otherwise the terminal leads would be better used as chopsticks in my hands. Not that great w those either tbh lol.
You could also just check for continuity. Continuity lets you know if there is a complete circuit. When the fuse is working, therefore the fuse is a not broken and the circuit is complete, the multimeter will make a sound. But if the fuse is broken, there will be an open circuit therefore no electricity flow so the multimeter will let you know by not making a sound. To do this, do exactly what you did in this video but just adjust the knob one more to the right where the diode is.
I think your input is the best practice...ever ! Even testing voltage instead of resistance as suggesed below seems not the best practice since when car is shut, switches are off and therefore there is no power on the fuses at all. Hence DC measure is useless. Just one concern : even in continuity test there is a small current to inject, no !? Why it is not dangerous to circuits ? Because of its very small value ? Correct me if I am wrong Thanks in advance ! :)
@@kenzo4Ever yes, continuity will release a small amount of current, this is why it is not dangerous. It works similarly to measuring resistance, we probe the circuit in parallel and the multimeter is set to a very high resistance so current does not flow through it to prevent damage. A beep sound from continuity check means there is less that 10 ohms resistance..so good connection. When there is a break... no connection, then ohms is infinity so no beep.
@@liridonosmani5834 When I tried to learn a basic thing about using a multimeter, and then I learned even more on the comments. This is what youtube should be.
Not all multimeters have a speaker , you can still use the diode setting which gives the same reading as shown in the video . Zero = continuity, while 1= no continuity.
One major problem with continuity tests, All it takes to make a complete circuit, and therefore pass continuity is any type of connection that allows current to pass. Even if the fuse is "blown" but still has a micron of the burnt portion in the fuse making contact, that will pass a continuity test. However, that same fuse will not allow 12 volts to flow through it at even 1 amp. Continuity test will not find a bad connection at a fuse, such as corrosion. All it takes is contact. Example, you have a wife that is chaffed and coming apart. All it takes is 1 strand of that wire to not be broken, and it will pass the continuity test. However, that same wire will not allow enough current to flow through to even light a bulb. Ultimately, resistance test (ohms) will pick up things like corrosion. Voltage drop/Load test will pick up things like broken wires, or poor connections. Load test will even pick up Fuses that are blown, but still have contact inside. It doesn't happen a lot, but in 40 years as a tech, I have seen it.
Thank you so much! Very concise and well done!👍 Thanks to you, I can test fuses tomorrow. Watching vids and learning as I go. This appears to be much easier than I thought. Cheers to you!!! Thanks for helping a gal in Colorado.
Hey thanks man. I REALLY appreciate how simple you talk and how you take into consideration that probably somebody who’s going to watch your video will be simple and probably ignorant of some things. Thanks so much Lurg!!! Daniel
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You forgot to mention to disconnect the battery, as hooking an ohm meter to a live circuit can damage many meters. Other than that, good advise. Ohm meters are intended to be used on circuits with NO voltage.
Jon O'Neil Yeh it saves pulling them all out. Thanks for visiting my channel and please subscribe if you found this useful, would really appreciate it. Have a great week.
Yeh I was having a brain freeze that day. Only realised I hadn't done that (I'm so used to second hand cars not having one) after the video got some traction and was too late to delete and repost. Glad it was useful though. 😎
If you use the diode tester it makes it even easier, because it's going to make a beep sound if there's a connection. So you don't need to look at the display while juggling with the pins. It's just to the right of the 200 ohm setting, the one with arrow and the vertical line.
I watched several videos and I must say that your video was the one! I got it now! I'm about to go and get the satisfaction of working on my car :-) Thank you! New Subscriber! Enjoy that tea :)
Most multimeters have an audible alarm on the diode test (the arrow symbol one) so you don't have to look at the multimeter while you're testing. Alarm is good, no alarm is bad.
I would use a meter to test fuses as well, but I was testing high voltage/amperage fuses. My method was similar, but instead of measuring resistance, I would check voltage. A good fuse would show little or no voltage on a live circuit, where with a bad fuse your meter reads line voltage. I would assume that a 12 volt vehicle circuit would test the same, with no risk of damage due to feedback from the meter itself.
Sounding is the most practical way of testing the continuity of a wire. You don't need to watch the meter's indicator, it simply gives you a (continuous) beep if it's Ok.
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I can add this to my oil and fluids check that I do at least once a month. Its Nice to keep ahead of a problem!! (and keep spare fuses and relays 😁 ....Though Now I need to know how to check relays!
You should NOT use an ohmmeter on live circuits. Instead you should set your meter to DC volts ( next scale above 12volts) with the red lead on each side of the fuse to ground (earth) of car. If you get 12 volts on both sides of the fuse, it is good, if only on one side then the fuse is blown. 😢
You can definitely do it like this, but i would measure the Voltage (DC) with the Multimeter :D put the minus clamp of the multimeter on Batterie Minus or the chassy and with the other clamp you can measure the contacts of the fuses ... if the fuse is ok you would measure for example 12V at both contacts, if the fuse is not ok then you would measure 12V at one contact and 0V at the other contact of the fuse. I apologize for my bad english :D Greetings from Germany.
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A meter when it is set to resistence sends out a small amount of electricity and monitors that electricity coming back in through the negative probe. If you are doing a resistence test, the company Fluke strongly advise that you can damage their meter if there is already current in the circuit.
@@johnminshell6532 4 sure sir. You should never just switch something off unless you are sure the circuitry inside will allow it. Some systems still act as pass through for other computers in the car and just pulling fuses stopping the power and restarting as you put it back, can be very bad.
I think your input is the best practice...ever ! Even testing voltage instead of resistance as suggesed below seems not the best practice since when car is shut, switches are off and therefore there is no power on the fuses at all. Hence DC measure is useless. Just one concern : even in continuity test there is a small current to inject, no !? Why it is not dangerous to circuits ? Because of its very small value ? Correct me if I am wrong Thanks in advance ! :)
Not only will take you forever to pull the fuses and check under the light. If you put the fuses back in wrong orientation, it could cause you problem later on.
thanks for a useful video, especially the multimeter stuff, but unfortunately the standard fuses on my new type (2014+) Vivaro don't have holes in the exposed edge to access the metal bits. So I have to take the fuse out. But the good news is I've got the owners handbook with the list of fuses and their functions
Maybe they are the modern ones with tiny LED lights in? When the ignition is on they may light up. If one isn't lit it means it is blown. Hope you find the blown one. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my channel.
I appreciate this video. I am also NOT a mechanic or electrician and have NEVER done this before. The test probes are positive and negative. Are the fuse check points positive and negative? Does it matter which test probe tip touches the two locations on the fuse? Thank you.
@@LurgsHowToGuides I thought so, but wanted to be sure. Thank you for educating me about something many of us need to know about. My car blower recently ceased working, and I was inspired to think it might be a blown fuse. My manual indicated the blower used a 30A fuse. When I found where they were located, I discovered there were 4 -J Case 30A fuses in that box. I had no idea which one "might" be bad, so I pulled and replaced all 4 of them, even though they ALL looked good. The O'Riely supervisor, also thought they looked good, and was inclined to think I needed a "much more costly" new blower and blower resister - YIKES!. But I was very happy that this restored my blower function, especially in our cold winter temperatures. Now I can test those 4 fuses, identify which one is bad, keep the good ones, and next time, I will know how to test and identify the bad fuse and "save me some money", lol. Thank you again! That was a great help.👌 I gave you a "Like" and subscribed. ❤
Yes you can check those but not on that setting on the Multimeter. I think you need to set it to 20V setting (and put ignition on) to test to see if there is power going through it. Not all fuses have power going through them when the ignition is off.
I would set meter to volts ground one end and touch each side. If both sides of the fuse dont show voltage its either head lights or gas pump. Some cars don’t like you disconnecting the power.
Time to get new glasses I think! 200 is the lowest mine goes, just couldn't read it properly! The joys of getting older, used to have 20/20 vision up until about 5 yrs ago. Hope it helped.😎
I guess the better way would be to set it to volts and check across it. If there is voltage across it, it's blown up, if there isn't it means it's shorted, which is what you want for fuses to be.
Nice video. Could you explain why the multimeter shows a value of 1 to the far left whenever you put the probes on the blown fuse? It makes the reading seem kind of misleading.
Question, does it matter when pointing the tips of multimeter to the fuses(positive and negative). Would it give me the same reading in the multimeter?
Don’t understand the question but it doesn’t matter which way round they go. Some multimeters have a circuit tester which beeps when it’s a good circuit
Can you get electrocuted using metal pliers while taking out fuses? And does it matter if you put the red or black probes on either metal piece of the fuse?
Johnny Doggs Make sure the ignition is off. Fuses are inside plastic casing so the chances of a shock are tiny. No it doesn't matter which red or black goes on what side.
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@@LurgsHowToGuides 😂 Bout the same here. With the original comment. I can figure out how to test things w a multimeter after a nice video tutorial. Otherwise the terminal leads would be better used as chopsticks in my hands. Not that great w those either tbh lol.
I only ever use mine for testing batteries, glad the video was useful.
You could also just check for continuity. Continuity lets you know if there is a complete circuit. When the fuse is working, therefore the fuse is a not broken and the circuit is complete, the multimeter will make a sound. But if the fuse is broken, there will be an open circuit therefore no electricity flow so the multimeter will let you know by not making a sound. To do this, do exactly what you did in this video but just adjust the knob one more to the right where the diode is.
I think your input is the best practice...ever !
Even testing voltage instead of resistance as suggesed below seems not the best practice since when car is shut, switches are off and therefore there is no power on the fuses at all. Hence DC measure is useless.
Just one concern : even in continuity test there is a small current to inject, no !? Why it is not dangerous to circuits ? Because of its very small value ?
Correct me if I am wrong
Thanks in advance ! :)
@@kenzo4Ever yes, continuity will release a small amount of current, this is why it is not dangerous. It works similarly to measuring resistance, we probe the circuit in parallel and the multimeter is set to a very high resistance so current does not flow through it to prevent damage. A beep sound from continuity check means there is less that 10 ohms resistance..so good connection. When there is a break... no connection, then ohms is infinity so no beep.
@@liridonosmani5834 When I tried to learn a basic thing about using a multimeter, and then I learned even more on the comments. This is what youtube should be.
Not all multimeters have a speaker , you can still use the diode setting which gives the same reading as shown in the video . Zero = continuity, while 1= no continuity.
One major problem with continuity tests, All it takes to make a complete circuit, and therefore pass continuity is any type of connection that allows current to pass. Even if the fuse is "blown" but still has a micron of the burnt portion in the fuse making contact, that will pass a continuity test. However, that same fuse will not allow 12 volts to flow through it at even 1 amp. Continuity test will not find a bad connection at a fuse, such as corrosion. All it takes is contact. Example, you have a wife that is chaffed and coming apart. All it takes is 1 strand of that wire to not be broken, and it will pass the continuity test. However, that same wire will not allow enough current to flow through to even light a bulb.
Ultimately, resistance test (ohms) will pick up things like corrosion. Voltage drop/Load test will pick up things like broken wires, or poor connections. Load test will even pick up Fuses that are blown, but still have contact inside. It doesn't happen a lot, but in 40 years as a tech, I have seen it.
You couldn't have broken it down any better for me. Thanks, I learned something today!!!
Thanks, glad I could help out today.😎
Thank you so much! Very concise and well done!👍 Thanks to you, I can test fuses tomorrow. Watching vids and learning as I go. This appears to be much easier than I thought. Cheers to you!!! Thanks for helping a gal in Colorado.
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This is a good thing to know, thanks for showing me this. Gary
Hey thanks man.
I REALLY appreciate how simple you talk and how you take into consideration that probably somebody who’s going to watch your video will be simple and probably ignorant of some things.
Thanks so much Lurg!!!
Daniel
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Thank you for the video. Now I can check my fuses correctly. :)
Happy to help out. Test them with ignition turned off.
Great tip for saving time. Never would have thought of trying this. Glad to support - enjoy your tea!!
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Nice, simple and easy to understand video. Thanks.
Happy to help.
Thank you for teaching me this and saving me time and money.
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OOOOH Shoot! I feel silly. Thanks so much for pointing this out!
Cheers from The States!
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Thank you for the video. It solved my vehicle problem.
Great news. Glad you found the dodgy fuse.😎
You forgot to mention to disconnect the battery, as hooking an ohm meter to a live circuit can damage many meters. Other than that, good advise. Ohm meters are intended to be used on circuits with NO voltage.
I was wondering this thanks. Also should I just disconnect the battery any time I deal with electrical stuff in my car? Are there any exceptions
Well if you are just changing a bulb then no. If you replacing car stereo or a larger electrical item like a fuel pump then yes disconnect the battery
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@@tanicwhisper0647 test fuses in car with volt meter Not Ohm meter test fuses out of car with Ohm meter
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Thanks for the video. Very informative sir
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🙂 It's a great time saving tip. Thanks Lurgs 👍
Cheers. 😎
Very helpful. Thank you.
Jon O'Neil Yeh it saves pulling them all out. Thanks for visiting my channel and please subscribe if you found this useful, would really appreciate it. Have a great week.
Thank you so much for sharing this video! 👍 🔔
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I didn’t know this. Thank you.
Glad to help. 😎
Thanks Mate, excellent tip. You can use the white plastic tweezers on the right of the fuses to pull them out instead of using pliers (safety)
Yeh I was having a brain freeze that day. Only realised I hadn't done that (I'm so used to second hand cars not having one) after the video got some traction and was too late to delete and repost. Glad it was useful though. 😎
If you use the diode tester it makes it even easier, because it's going to make a beep sound if there's a connection. So you don't need to look at the display while juggling with the pins. It's just to the right of the 200 ohm setting, the one with arrow and the vertical line.
Very nice my friend very helpful
Excellent presentation. Tq so much. 🙏👍
Glad that I could help out.😎
Great informative vid, thanks for the Lebowski plug.
Ha ha yeh great movie that. 😎
Well done, everything is explained clear and complete. Great 🎉
Glad to help out. 😎
Excellent information keep going thanks😎😎👍👍👍
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Good video mate, I did chuckle to myself when i seen the white fuse puller next to the fuses as you was using pliers though lol
Engelbert Humperdinck Yeh I must get some new glasses!
I watched several videos and I must say that your video was the one! I got it now! I'm about to go and get the satisfaction of working on my car :-) Thank you! New Subscriber! Enjoy that tea :)
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Thanks for the tip.
Happy to help out.
That cup of tea was well deserve thank you sir 🫡
Superb, can’t beat a lovely cup of tea. Glad I could help out today.😎
Most multimeters have an audible alarm on the diode test (the arrow symbol one) so you don't have to look at the multimeter while you're testing. Alarm is good, no alarm is bad.
1:32 I have the same multimeter in the video- does it have the arrow symbol you're speaking of?
@@JG-no4qr at the about 5 o'clock position
It’s called “continuity test”
Thank you so much for your video.
Glad that I could help. 😎
good lesson
Thanks for the tip great man.
No problem. Glad to help. 😎
minute 2: "I'm not an electrician; all I know is that when I am in a room there is electricity." lol love it mate
Ha ha yeh cheers. It’s hard to make videos entertaining 😎
Great tip!!
Happy to help. Have a marvellous weekend.
Extremely helpful... I shall be in my boot and under my bonnet shortly, thankyou!
I saw Edd China under a bonnet and under a dashboard on a recent show and that's not easy with his height! Glad I could help. 😎
I would use a meter to test fuses as well, but I was testing high voltage/amperage fuses. My method was similar, but instead of measuring resistance, I would check voltage. A good fuse would show little or no voltage on a live circuit, where with a bad fuse your meter reads line voltage. I would assume that a 12 volt vehicle circuit would test the same, with no risk of damage due to feedback from the meter itself.
Sounding is the most practical way of testing the continuity of a wire.
You don't need to watch the meter's indicator, it simply gives you a (continuous) beep if it's Ok.
Absolutely helpful tip!
Glad it was helpful. 😎
thanks for the vid! very helpful
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Thank you. This video really helped
Thanks. 😎
Excellent sir!
Thanks, glad it was useful.😎
thank you. I can apply this video to a harbor freight multimeter
Thank you
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Thanks a million for the help sir
Glad to help.😎
Thanks!
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They are pretty noisy!
I can add this to my oil and fluids check that I do at least once a month. Its Nice to keep ahead of a problem!! (and keep spare fuses and relays 😁 ....Though Now I need to know how to check relays!
Yes I always keep spare fuses. Happy to help. 😎
You great, thank you!
Thanks.
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That’s a proper cuppa 🇬🇧
Yep. Just had my first cuppa early this morning. 🫖
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You should NOT use an ohmmeter on live circuits. Instead you should set your meter to DC volts ( next scale above 12volts) with the red lead on each side of the fuse to ground (earth) of car. If you get 12 volts on both sides of the fuse, it is good, if only on one side then the fuse is blown. 😢
Just set the multimeter on continuity. If it has a steady beep it’s a good fuse
Thanks again
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Thanx
I have a good cup of coffee this AM.
Yeh sometimes coffee is good
Thank you sir
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You can definitely do it like this, but i would measure the Voltage (DC) with the Multimeter :D put the minus clamp of the multimeter on Batterie Minus or the chassy and with the other clamp you can measure the contacts of the fuses ... if the fuse is ok you would measure for example 12V at both contacts, if the fuse is not ok then you would measure 12V at one contact and 0V at the other contact of the fuse. I apologize for my bad english :D
Greetings from Germany.
Great tips. Cheers. 🇩🇪
Same
This is the superior way. You only need to probe with one probe. The continuity way requires two probes to make contact at the same time.
Thanks for the video. U didn't really need the pliers because that little white clip thing next to your fuse box is a fuse removing tool 😁
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it is in 0:24 right site
Noticed that straight away when I watched the vlog
Thank you....but damn if everybody drank my tea while I was fixing car...grrrrrr
grieveon Yeh I know but nothing gets fixed without a nice brew!
Thanks for the video, nicely done. The dodgy one? LOL
Glad I could help, yeh dodgy one! 😎
Why not checking it by continuity ?
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Use mV setting to see voltage drop to zero if there is no problem and voltage if there is. Using ohms could damage stuff!
A meter when it is set to resistence sends out a small amount of electricity and monitors that electricity coming back in through the negative probe. If you are doing a resistence test, the company Fluke strongly advise that you can damage their meter if there is already current in the circuit.
James Barratt could it also damage systems in your car I’m not expert
@@johnminshell6532 4 sure sir. You should never just switch something off unless you are sure the circuitry inside will allow it. Some systems still act as pass through for other computers in the car and just pulling fuses stopping the power and restarting as you put it back, can be very bad.
Check voltage not resirance
I think your input is the best practice...ever !
Even testing voltage instead of resistance as suggesed below seems not the best practice since when car is shut, switches are off and therefore there is no power on the fuses at all. Hence DC measure is useless.
Just one concern : even in continuity test there is a small current to inject, no !? Why it is not dangerous to circuits ? Because of its very small value ?
Correct me if I am wrong
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thanks I fixed my turn signals with this. Switched 1 fuze, no idea how much I'd be paying at a mechanic
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Not only will take you forever to pull the fuses and check under the light. If you put the fuses back in wrong orientation, it could cause you problem later on.
thanks for a useful video, especially the multimeter stuff, but unfortunately the standard fuses on my new type (2014+) Vivaro don't have holes in the exposed edge to access the metal bits. So I have to take the fuse out. But the good news is I've got the owners handbook with the list of fuses and their functions
Maybe they are the modern ones with tiny LED lights in? When the ignition is on they may light up. If one isn't lit it means it is blown. Hope you find the blown one. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my channel.
What's the best ignition live fuse in that fusebox under cupholder ? To put a piggyback fuse holder in . Got some headrest monitors for my T5
Not sure I'm afraid. There is probably a spare one you can use, you would need to test it is live though.
Continuity test
I appreciate this video. I am also NOT a mechanic or electrician and have NEVER done this before. The test probes are positive and negative. Are the fuse check points positive and negative? Does it matter which test probe tip touches the two locations on the fuse? Thank you.
No it makes no difference at all. You are just checking the circuit
@@LurgsHowToGuides I thought so, but wanted to be sure. Thank you for educating me about something many of us need to know about. My car blower recently ceased working, and I was inspired to think it might be a blown fuse. My manual indicated the blower used a 30A fuse. When I found where they were located, I discovered there were 4 -J Case 30A fuses in that box. I had no idea which one "might" be bad, so I pulled and replaced all 4 of them, even though they ALL looked good. The O'Riely supervisor, also thought they looked good, and was inclined to think I needed a "much more costly" new blower and blower resister - YIKES!. But I was very happy that this restored my blower function, especially in our cold winter temperatures. Now I can test those 4 fuses, identify which one is bad, keep the good ones, and next time, I will know how to test and identify the bad fuse and "save me some money", lol. Thank you again! That was a great help.👌 I gave you a "Like" and subscribed. ❤
Nice informative video 👍 my fuse box has 2 blank spaces ... Can I check these to see if I could add a fuse to power something ?
Yes you can check those but not on that setting on the Multimeter. I think you need to set it to 20V setting (and put ignition on) to test to see if there is power going through it. Not all fuses have power going through them when the ignition is off.
I would set meter to volts ground one end and touch each side. If both sides of the fuse dont show voltage its either head lights or gas pump. Some cars don’t like you disconnecting the power.
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any suggestions for fuse box layout guides/maps? VW Tiguan 2016 (US version)
I haven’t got anything I’m afraid
Great very video , I’m looking to hardwire a dash cam and need to check which fuse is dead when ignition off , is this the same principle
Well same principle but you need to set Multimeter to 20V setting to check for 12v live voltage
Thanks for posting. You said set the multi meter to the lowest setting 20 ohms. However you appear to set yours to 200?
Time to get new glasses I think! 200 is the lowest mine goes, just couldn't read it properly! The joys of getting older, used to have 20/20 vision up until about 5 yrs ago. Hope it helped.😎
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Can you test resistance across the fuses with voltage running or do you need to disconnect the battery first?
With ignition off most of the fuses won’t have voltage, only a few will, if it does an odd reading set it to 20V setting and test fuse.
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I guess the better way would be to set it to volts and check across it. If there is voltage across it, it's blown up, if there isn't it means it's shorted, which is what you want for fuses to be.
Nice video. Could you explain why the multimeter shows a value of 1 to the far left whenever you put the probes on the blown fuse? It makes the reading seem kind of misleading.
Not sure how it works but on some Multimeters there’s another setting where it bleeps if the fuse\circuit is blown
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Question, does it matter when pointing the tips of multimeter to the fuses(positive and negative). Would it give me the same reading in the multimeter?
Don’t understand the question but it doesn’t matter which way round they go. Some multimeters have a circuit tester which beeps when it’s a good circuit
Can you get electrocuted using metal pliers while taking out fuses? And does it matter if you put the red or black probes on either metal piece of the fuse?
Johnny Doggs Make sure the ignition is off. Fuses are inside plastic casing so the chances of a shock are tiny. No it doesn't matter which red or black goes on what side.
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Do turn the motor on or off while doing this?
Off.
Some fuses could have current running through them like the alarm ect?
Yes a few could be 12v even with ignition off.