tony.mon wrote:Well done, in my experience it's always something silly when it comes to electrics.
The worst ones are where you start looking, then after a while you find the fault's gone away- worst because you don't know what the original fault was and it might re-occur.
But you got there
This might be a good time to ask one of the more well-connected? switched on? anyway one of the forum members who understands sparks and wires to write an idiot's guide to using a basic testmeter properly.
I would have thought that conductivity, resistance, voltage, and possibly a diode checker would be all you'd need- over to an expert.
It has been said Tony, that if you can’t fix it with a hammer then it must be an electrical fault!
I can, more often than not, manage to stumble my way through most problems, and have been known to get lucky with wires.
It would be good to have someone (who is more than just lucky) explain the finer points of the meter.
I know the bit that buzzes when you touch the probes together, but sometimes resistance is futile.
And I can just about work that voltage thingy.
Alan
