[Vwdiesel] [SPAM] Re: Cold starting procedure?

[Roger Brown]

On 12/23/2010 12:27 PM, Joe wrote:
> Interesting point.  Couldn't I also measure resistance to ground?  What's
> the resistance of a single glow plug?  If I knew that, I could calculate the
> expected resistance:
>
> http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/Q.ohm.intro.parallel.html

It is pretty low resistance, 12 volts / 10 amps = 1.2 ohms, 4 in parallel = 0.3 ohms, you 
need a good meter to read that low a resistance accurately.  Could check for voltage drops 
along the bus bar with the plugs on.

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   Roger