pulled fuses, got some voltages, next step?

[Joshua Van Tol]

On Jan 15, 2004, at 11:13 AM, SJ wrote:

>
>> Resistance from alternator to + battery post     1 ohm
> **** This sounds high. Resistance should be just a fraction of an ohm. 
> Is
> your ohmeter accurate?
> Measure the voltage drop across the cable with engine running. Decimal
> places are important.

Most DMM's don't read accurately below a few ohms. You need pretty high 
end stuff to read <1 ohm accurately.

Try measuring voltage drop with the vehicle running (or better yet 
during starting) instead.