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    Can You Test Automotive System Amps with an Amp Probe on Battery Cables?

    Oh YES of course, Duh the red cable goes right to the starter. Sometimes I can be the dummy. I need to find a place in the circuit like maybe a jumper across the main amp (possibly) will have to investigate that possibility. The negative cable also sounds like a good option but for some reason...
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    Can You Test Automotive System Amps with an Amp Probe on Battery Cables?

    Thanks guys for the excellent replies. I just now got back on the forum. vk6dro I found some good reading on batteries since I posted last and I now understand about the internal resistance thing that you explained. And how the voltage is limited to 2 volts per cell (acid car type) of a...
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    Can You Test Automotive System Amps with an Amp Probe on Battery Cables?

    Wow thanks for the excellent replies. vk6kro what you said goes along with many of my imaginations of the situation, although I did not know that about the amp probe on DC. I did realize though the current from the regulator had been rectified and was DC. I have a little cheap meter that...
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    Can You Test Automotive System Amps with an Amp Probe on Battery Cables?

    Hello this is my first post, I just joined, I hope I am posting in the correct place. I belong to some computer forums and some biker forums but not sure how these technical forums work. I am not a student but an enthusiest (spelling?). My current subject study is: In automotive charging...
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