Return-Path: Received: from out007.verizon.net ([206.46.170.107] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3065647 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:44:36 -0500 Received: from netzero.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out007.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040305234435.IKAU28276.out007.verizon.net@netzero.net> for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:44:35 -0600 Message-ID: <404910DE.7010600@netzero.net> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:44:30 -0500 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: It Runs !!! References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------000204090700020807070909" X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out007.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:44:35 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000204090700020807070909 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An ohm check is always done with all power removed!! The ohm meter actually supplies a small voltage (from its built-in battery) and measures how much current flows through the circuit: Resistance (ohms) = Voltage (volts) divided by Current (amps) Voltage and current measurements, on the other hand, has to be done with power on. Hope this helps (don't want you to fry your multimeter). Finn Marvin Kaye wrote: > Posted for "sqpilot@earthlink" : > > Yes, Ed....my injectors are also fired by grounding. Don't know if it > goes > through a resistor. Just read the manual that says the injectors are > fired > by grounding to earth, and that the wiring is not polarity dependent, ie > either wire can go to either terminal on the injector. Unfortunately, > I am > electrically challenged. (I can, however turn on a lightswitch and > operate a > radio and a television). Regarding the ohm check....should this be > done with > the ignition on or off, or should it be done with the engine running? > I was > thinking that if I disconnect the fuel pump wire so that the engine > cannor > start, possibly turning it over and listening to the injectors would > tell me > if they are clicking? Or might this be too diffucult to hear? Thanks for > any and all suggestions on how to check this out. Paul Conner > > >> Not familiar with your EFI system, but most >> of them turn on the injector by grounding one lead of an injector >> through > > a > >> transistor. So I would check with an ohm meter each pin of that suspect >> injector connector and see if one of them is grounded. Check the "good" >> connector to verify that neither side is grounded. > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >> > > --------------000204090700020807070909 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An ohm check is always done with all power removed!!

The ohm meter actually supplies a small voltage (from its built-in battery) and measures how much current flows through the circuit:
Resistance (ohms) = Voltage (volts) divided by Current (amps)

Voltage and current measurements, on the other hand, has to be done with power on.

Hope this helps (don't want you to fry your multimeter).

Finn

Marvin Kaye wrote:
Posted for "sqpilot@earthlink" <sqpilot@earthlink.net>:

Yes, Ed....my injectors are also fired by grounding. Don't know if it goes
through a resistor. Just read the manual that says the injectors are fired
by grounding to earth, and that the wiring is not polarity dependent, ie
either wire can go to either terminal on the injector.  Unfortunately, I am
electrically challenged. (I can, however turn on a lightswitch and operate a
radio and a television). Regarding the ohm check....should this be done with
the ignition on or off, or should it be done with the engine running?  I was
thinking that if I disconnect the fuel pump wire so that the engine cannor
start, possibly turning it over and listening to the injectors would tell me
if they are clicking?  Or might this be too diffucult to hear? Thanks for
any and all suggestions on how to check this out.  Paul Conner


 Not familiar with your EFI system, but most
of them turn on the injector by grounding one  lead of an injector through
a
transistor.  So I would check with an ohm meter each pin of that suspect
injector connector and see if one of them is grounded.  Check the "good"
connector to verify that neither side is grounded.

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