Check For Poor Ground - How
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Check For Poor Ground - How
Hello all, here is some good info on how to check your truck for Poor Grounds. This is written by Gilbert Leonard.
Poor grounds:
Poor grounds cause a lot of different problems. Dim lights, slow or no cranking, and poor battery charging are classic indications of poor grounds. Use your Voltmeter to do a voltage drop test to check for poor grounds. Hook the Negative lead of your Voltmeter to the negative side of the battery and the Positive lead to a good ground location on your engine block and note the VOLTAGE , while Cranking the engine. Check the body ground by moving your positive test lead to the body and TURN ON all lights and accessories, note the voltage reading. Anything above 0.2 volts indicates excessive resistance in the ground connection or ground cable.
G. Leonard wrote this for this Website. Excellent Website.
https://classicbroncos.com/electricalbasics.shtml
Poor grounds:
Poor grounds cause a lot of different problems. Dim lights, slow or no cranking, and poor battery charging are classic indications of poor grounds. Use your Voltmeter to do a voltage drop test to check for poor grounds. Hook the Negative lead of your Voltmeter to the negative side of the battery and the Positive lead to a good ground location on your engine block and note the VOLTAGE , while Cranking the engine. Check the body ground by moving your positive test lead to the body and TURN ON all lights and accessories, note the voltage reading. Anything above 0.2 volts indicates excessive resistance in the ground connection or ground cable.
G. Leonard wrote this for this Website. Excellent Website.
https://classicbroncos.com/electricalbasics.shtml
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