[Vwdiesel] Bench testing 4 glow plugs at once.

[82 Diesel Westy]

Yeap, my new fancy super cheap charger from harbor
frieght would not do a thing on them.. 
But, I was able to hook it up to a spare battery and
charge that and from the battery I was able to test
each glow plug, they all tested fine.
The battery alone, even though the charger gave it a
green light to say it was charge, by itself, would not
power a single glow plug, but it is an old utility
home made battery, so I can blame it.

Bryan
--- Dave Heart <teacher525 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Loren. Bench test 4 plugs at once? Would need at
> least a 50 amp charger and wire all the plugs in
> parallel. Both bottoms and tops. Easier to heat test
> each plug  individually. Use at least a 10 Amp
> manual charger. The type that the clamps spark if
> touched together! Some chargers are automatic and
> might see the plug as a short, not applying power to
> them. Milton.
> 
> > From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> > Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:56:55 -0400
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Bench testing 4 glow plugs
> at once,	how about this for an idea.
> > 
> > In a message dated 8/21/2007 8:13:41 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time, 
> > dieselwesty at yahoo.com writes:
> > 
> > > What do you think, Good test or Bad test.
> > > 
> > 
> >   Just clip the body (12mm wrench part) in the -
> clamp of your 
> > battery charger.  Clip or hold the + clamp to the
> threads on the 
> > end and wait a couple seconds.  It'll start to
> smoke usually, then 
> > quickly heat up.  Orange on the end, it's good. 
> No heat or part 
> > way up or on to one side, it's bad or soon to be.
> >   No need to set up anything that takes time.  :-)
> >      Loren
> > 
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
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