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Old April 25th, 2014, 07:21 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by mrudich View Post
.... I don't know which wires/where to put the multimeter. Maybe diagrams would help?.........
1) Current is desperately trying to travel from + to - of the battery.

2) Current has to flow from + in the battery through wires, fuses, switches, consumers (light bulbs, CDI, starter, coils, spark plugs) and more wires back to - in the battery in order to do its work as needed.

3) When the current finds an easy path that does not have an open switch or consumer, it flows like crazy, burning your fuse and even the wires if the fuse is too small for the job.

Your current case is #3.

All voltmeters have a resistance function (Ohms), which can sense if there is a consumer or open switch between both legs of that instrument.

If you disconnect + to - of the battery from their wires and then install a new fuse, you could use that function of the voltmeter to find that easy path.

Zero Ohms means bad news and your fuse will blow forever until you find and eliminate that leak.

Please see these links:
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-an-Ohmmeter

http://www.ehow.com/how_12188754_che...ultimeter.html

Link to original page on YouTube.

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