Spoon Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I was checking some wiring and the next step was to check for High resistance, open or short. I disconnected the circuit and was measuring resist. from one end of the wire to the other, this wire also had a connection in the middle. My reading was .2 ohms. is that too high? What is too much? 1 ohm? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 What were you trying to measure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I'm tring to see if theres high resistance in a wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Well it will depend on what your trying to measure. All wires dont have the same resistance ( The same gauge might ) But what are you trying to measure that the wire goes to? Im not quite understand this. What circuit? What part on the car? Maybe its just me but Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94CutlassSLCoupe Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 0.2 ohms is hardly anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 0.2 ohms is hardly anything whats too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonKnight Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 what are you measuring.. depending on what you are measuring would tell us how to calculate how much resistance is bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I'm measuring a wire from the rear tail light to the main harness connector under the column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joberlee Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 tail light problems = check your ground connections in the sockets. the sockets on gm stuff are known to go bad. What is the light doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 .2 ohms is perfect. Probably even up to 10-ohms would be no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 The left park lights and stop lights work and the right park lights work, but I don't have any power at the right sockets for the stop lamps. I checked the ground there ok. both bulbs are ok as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 sounds like it could be a faulty turn signal switch??? well the stop and turn signal lights use the samw wire... to the turn signals and flashers work? for a resistance check, you could measure and compare the left and right stop lamp wires to each other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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