Needalandy
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i was wondering if anyone could recommend a volt meter suitable for testing some of the wiring on my Landy please?
Kwakerman
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if you are competent with electrics / electronics the get the best you can as it will have more use than just for the landy. Fluke and Avo are the industry standard manufacturers for 'professional' use. If you only want a basic one for landy use then any £10 - £20 digital should be more than adequate.
A digital multimeter will do that look at the Draper range.
Needalandy
Active Member
Thanks mate. I saw screwfix are selling one for £7.99 but wasn't sure whether it was suitable for 12 v circuits. From what you're saying will probably be suitable for basic testing that I need it for.
Kwakerman
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Just looked it up and that will do spec wise, just check the build quality (thin plastics) as it will probably take a few knocks
Needalandy
Active Member
Thanks I'll check it out tomorrow
I know Halfrauds et al do all sorts of DMM's for little money, but you might like to consider buying something a bit better.
Largely because of the 20A current range, I have one of these:-
http://www.circuitspecialists.eu/meters/digital-multi-meters-dmm/
Largely because of the 20A current range, I have one of these:-
http://www.circuitspecialists.eu/meters/digital-multi-meters-dmm/
I use a bank of up to 3 Fluke 8508A DMMs, they're very good, I can recommend them, they're only about 10 grand each.
The rest of the equipment I'll be using on Monday comes to about £80,000 all Fluke.
Seriously this would do to what you want, an unknown make general purpose DMM,
Amazon product
The rest of the equipment I'll be using on Monday comes to about £80,000 all Fluke.
Seriously this would do to what you want, an unknown make general purpose DMM,
Amazon product
skint-as-usual
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Head off down to B&Q - get a MM for £20.00 quid or so.
Or Maplins.
Then buy some reels of cable so you can test earths from one end of the vehicle to the other.
Some spare banana plugs may be useful too.
Oh, and some spare crocodile clips too.
Or Maplins.
Then buy some reels of cable so you can test earths from one end of the vehicle to the other.
Some spare banana plugs may be useful too.
Oh, and some spare crocodile clips too.
Needalandy
Active Member
Ok I've tested all the loose cables ( behind where the cig lighter, clock, and whatever the 3rd hole was for) and I've labelled each wire with current and whether it comes on with ignition, lights etc. Now without wanting to sound too much of a mechanical idiot, the ones that have no current can I assume they are -ve and I can attach the black cable of my cb to it? Thing is I've tried this and the bloody thing won't switch on but if I attach the black to a bolt on the dash it works. What the hell ??
The V8 man
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I use a draper one at it works great, it has a rubber cover and a small stand so it doesnt have to lay flat and a back light when its a bit dark would def recommend it
No, just because a wire hasn't got current doesn't mean it's an earth wire. Land Rover earth wires are black, but old cars generally have some wires added by previous owners, and most people buy either red or black wire but don't necessarily use it correctly!
Your 'dead' wires may become live when something is switched. If you can find a dead black, then it's probably an earth and will work for you. Unless the aforementioned previous owner etc.. The safest thing is to do exactly what you have already done - run your own earth wire to a body/chassis bolt.
