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08277 Re: Garage Sale Alternator - Part 2 of 2 Cap'n
   A few new words for you, De. "Open" With the multmeter set for oh...
Zimbler0   POPE 5   22 Sep 2018
1:45 AM
08268 Re: Garage Sale Alternator - Part 2 of 2 Cap'n
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POPE 5   21 Sep 2018
9:24 PM

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Re: Garage Sale Alternator - Part 2 of 2 Cap'n

By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Fri, 21 Sep 18 9:04 PM
Msg. 08267 of 62138
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Re: “There are LOTS of them that show the insides of altrnators and how to fix most common problems. Including the brushes...”

I'm watching one of the videos now and trying to follow along:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhgyqm0wro

Unfortunately, one of the first things it says, at the 1'02" mark, is to put my multimeter into "diode" mode:

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Nuts! What the #*^%! is that? My little voltmeter, cheap piece of 25-year-old junk that it undoubtedly is, doesn't have one.

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I'm a packrat, though, and being a packrat does have its advantages. I hunted around and not only found another multimeter (bought at a garage sale for $2 not so long ago), it's better than the one I've been using. And it DOES have the setting I need.

So the alternator testing goes on.

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