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Boxbrownie



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Boxbrownie wrote:
I have something similar which reads voltage of the vehicle, but also has two USB charge ports and when charging it cycles through the vehicle voltage and the current draw of whatever is plugged in for charging, quite interesting.......unfortunately I cannot find the link I used for purchase now.

Found it
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/...dition=new Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

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a100ian



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SYFL2 wrote:
I think Ian meant error codes from an OBD reader.


Ah right sorry, I don't have an OBD reader.

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a100ian



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[quote="shiggsy"]What is the setting below 200V? it should be 20V, which is fine for reading the battery.

A really useful gadget is a cigarette socket volt meter, you can check what charge your battery is getting whilst on the move, only cost a few pounds too./quote]

It is 20V but with that setting I got the false readings in my photos. There must be a problem with my multimeter on that setting.

That looks like a great product, thank you very much!

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a100ian



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IanMetro wrote:
I use this adaptor.


Thanks

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a100ian



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For now the problem seems to have stopped and I have no idea why. I am still planning on fitting the earth I have purchased when it arrives and cleaning up all the terminals at the same time.

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SYFL2



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I think that could very well sort it it sounds electrical.

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jules



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Deano64 wrote:
Thanks all. Didn't know the -ve and the earth were the same thing on cars

Thanks


Always check which are the + and - terminals on the battery - the colour of the wires are not standardised. The earth is usually black and the positive red but this is not always so. On my father-in-law's Corsa C the positive wire is black and negative is brown. You should have seen the spark when I connected my battery to the wrong terminal when jump starting his car. Shocked

Also, as other have said the electrode tips of the multimeter need to be pressed onto battery terminals (they are lead and soft) to ensure a good connection otherwise the resistance will be high and errors will result. Jules

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a100ian



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My car has continued to start since this first episode but I have now fitted a secondary earth cable from the Black terminal to the starter motor bolt just to help things out.

Post #377273 23rd Aug 2019 6:44 am
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SYFL2



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That extra strap is always a good idea fingers crossed yours is sorted now.

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