This is a great thread....when the weather lets up here I am going to test my coolant as well. I'm running an efan set-up and have the relay power grounded near the rad support.

 

It has nothing to do with e-fans.

 

I guess you pretty much need a digital meter - I get nothing on an analog . I tried 2 5fours and a 4.2L and got no readings ..Just farting around - I guess I can't complain. I'll pick up a cheap Digital GB Instrument/meter today at Carquest today - see how long this one lasts. Maybe I'll keep this in the house

It's funny - My computer always works in the shop - But alot of electrical sh^t didn't make it thru the winter out there. Even the air gauges lol- I just went thru them, trying to find one that's acurate - there all f'ed up. Even the Miltons aren't working right - This sucks - My bad - I turned the heat off out there for two months this year. That must be why damnit!!

 

It is the ground location I am concerned about....not the efan itself.

cheers

 

My buddy is an industrial sparky for the oil patch, he gave me his old Fluke meter.....that is a nice piece of equipment to have.

 

I have Fluke cables on my POS meter.

Regards

Jean Marc Chartier

 

Yea , I have an old Kennedy analog meter my dad gave me along time ago - It's so old it has a solid wood case w/felt lining lol - I bet it cost a pretty penny back then. It's always worked great. I need a good digital one. I still use that Kennedy quite a bit - Worked great to troubleshoot my furnace circuit board this winter and /computer MB/Monitor/TV - Many PCB's in the past. I do have to break down and get a good digital one lol.

 

A guy I know who runs super gas muscle cars works on his huge $$$ engines with one simular to yours......engines are low tech but the point was made regardless.

 

Haha , that's cool, - I just picked up a catalog Henry gave me @ Carquest - Man I cannot believe all the diagnostics gadgets out there today.

My brother just purchased a Merc. Mountaineer - Blows my mind how far they have come in electronics and hands free, voice activated devices. Damn , he can change stereo channels and make a phone a call by just asking for it in that thing lol.

The scary part of that is that it's inter connected to the web. I have a feeling theres a new era of problems in the mist. A stand alone program is one thing and the engineers have got that down pretty good, but a connection to billions of outside sources will leave all that vulnerable IMO.

Anyway , Hell - I'm lookin for a meter here in the catalog and can't find a simple multi-function one. Might have to fish around on-line.

 

If you want a simple multifunction digital meter, just head over to Radio Shack.

 

what about a fluke multimeter? great quality meters. i picked up the 115, heres a link
http://us.fluke.com/usen/products/Fl...keUnitedStates

 

I was thinking about that.

 

Is that the brand name to look for ? I think so - I would rather get something reliable. Those cheap ones really have poor quality circuit boards I 've noticed.

I need a new solder station as well.

 

fluke is a damn good name, my dad has had one of the older digital meters for years, i just bought my own cuz i needed something that would get me more in depth than his would. fluke is a name thats widely accepted as a quality instrument in electrical maint. my dad has been a food processing plant mechanic and has either used one or co-workers have used a fluke. been in that line of work for over 30 years now.
i was talkin with MSD about my coil packs and they even said fluke is probably one of the best brands, just takes some time with learning their products.

 

Gr8! That's what I'll get then. No more cheapies. I 've heard that name twice now - so that's I'll get.