AKheathen Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 gimme a break man. i said that i thought he was ohming out the light bulb. and i guess my fluke needs to be recalibrated. i would start with a fresh battery, and a chunk of wire, instead of the leads, to see what it reads. if your equipment is not kept in check, it could cost several thousand dollars in consequence Quote
blowit Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 gimme a break man. i said that i thought he was ohming out the light bulb. and i guess my fluke needs to be recalibrated. Maybe I did not fully understand your statement. My apology. B Quote
vulvafan537240 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 i would start with a fresh battery, and a chunk of wire, instead of the leads, to see what it reads.if your equipment is not kept in check, it could cost several thousand dollars in consequence i checked with a piece of wire a little while ago and with a few other guy's meters in my shop and they all read between 0.5 and 1 ohm. doesnt really matter though. its my work meter, not the one at home. it works ok for what i use it for. most of my troubleshooting at work is PLC problems anyway and our laptop talks to the machines wirelessly. nothing like fixing machines without having to leave the office. :biggrin: Quote
vulvafan537240 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 Maybe I did not fully understand your statement. My apology. B no prob dude :thumbsup: Quote
AKheathen Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 i checked with a piece of wire a little while ago and with a few other guy's meters in my shop and they all read between 0.5 and 1 ohm. doesnt really matter though. its my work meter, not the one at home. it works ok for what i use it for. most of my troubleshooting at work is PLC problems anyway and our laptop talks to the machines wirelessly. nothing like fixing machines without having to leave the office. :biggrin: at work is where i was referring to the thousands of dollars of cost from incorrect readings, especially testing anyting with a winding, but you can just subtract the base reading from the test reading. most meters i've seen around come out of the box with the <.2, and i belive thats the case with 90% of people on this site. it could be that underwriters hold a higher standard for products sold in the us, than other countries :shrug: Quote
speed-racer Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 One ohm is not a short...........I couldn't help myself. volfan, what type of PLCs do you work on and where do you work? I'm in the same line of work. Never gets boring. Quote
blowit Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 One ohm is not a short...........I couldn't help myself. volfan, what type of PLCs do you work on and where do you work? I'm in the same line of work. Never gets boring. Speedy, did you ever get that motor going or the squish question figured out? One thing I forgot was to make sure you were using Rosin solder. Solid wire kind of has some memory to it. That might throw you a bit. B Quote
speed-racer Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 Speedy, did you ever get that motor going or the squish question figured out? One thing I forgot was to make sure you were using Rosin solder. Solid wire kind of has some memory to it. That might throw you a bit. B No, same number every time I measure it. I am using solid and will feel like an idiot if thats the problem. I'll check it tomorrow. Motors all good though.....runs strong. I figured it was assembled this way since day one and just left it. I still want to double check it, I would like to use something other than the factory base gasket. Need to know which numbers right before I make that call. They're kind of tough to trim for the transfer ports. Quote
speed-racer Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Couldn't wait till tomorrow. Just checked with rosin solder and got .042". I am surprised, there was actually .007-.008" difference between solid and rosin core solder. I also used a smaller diameter solder this time, which may have something to do with it. Still missing .012" somewhere, but that could be in my previous measurements of the head as some of the methods weren't the best. I guess I should stop hijacking this thread......sorry guys. Edited February 21, 2009 by speed-racer Quote
vulvafan537240 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) One ohm is not a short...........I couldn't help myself. volfan, what type of PLCs do you work on and where do you work? I'm in the same line of work. Never gets boring. ok. like i said in a previous post, i misunderstood and thought he said that he was measuring two wires going to the light bulb. if i read 1 ohm between 2 wires that should have no continuity, im sorry but thats a short. i didnt realize he was ohming the lighting coil. ive never troubleshot any wiring on my shee and didnt know the coil's resisatnce was that low. im accustomed to measuring 3 phase motors where im looking for 3 balanced readings, 30ohms or 50ohms or 100ohms etc. and if i check a winding to ground and see 1ohm when i should see OL(infiniti) its a short. volfan, what type of PLCs do you work on and where do you work? I'm in the same line of work. Never gets boring. im an electrical troubleshooter at a michelin tire plant in dothan alabama. what do you do? shoot me a pm. i think we've all junked this guys thread up enough :biggrin: at work is where i was referring to the thousands of dollars of cost from incorrect readings, especially testing anyting with a winding, but you can just subtract the base reading from the test reading. most meters i've seen around come out of the box with the <.2, and i belive thats the case with 90% of people on this site. it could be that underwriters hold a higher standard for products sold in the us, than other countries :shrug: i live in alabama . petethewarrior, im seriously sorry to hijack this thread :sad: im done now :biggrin: Edited February 21, 2009 by volfan537240 Quote
AKheathen Posted February 21, 2009 Report Posted February 21, 2009 oh shit, i thaught it was australia, for some reason :shoothead: Quote
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