Coil/ballast resistor draw drop a whole volt?

rob_robinson87 said

WHoops.. yes, I did fuse it. Now that I look at the fuse holder, I may replace it. It is a glass fuse holder (not a blade). It is a 12-gauge, but I don't like how the ends of the fuse are touching by just using a spring. If that isn't an issue, it could be later. I'll change that tomorrow when I run to the parts store.

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Well you can CHECK all along that path and find exactly where the drop is. Put one probe on the battery POS, and with the key in run/ engine off, check all along that circuit path, first at the start relay, then at the downstream side of the fuse, then the relay both sides, etc. It will show right up.


A drop that big should be making some heat, SOMEWHERE.

Another thing you can do, doesn't your meter have a 10/ 20 AMP scale? Unhook the fuse, jam the probes in each side and see what the thing is actually drawing.