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On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 22:02, John Jaranson wrote: > > The wipers work if I hook 6V power to them direct without the voltage > drop in the system. They also work (really fast) if I hook 12V to them > direct without the voltage drop. Problem comes when I put the voltage > drop in the circuit between my power source and the wiring for the > wipers. I get nothing. I checked the voltage drop with my multimeter > and it has continuity across it. It doesnt register any resistance. > Shouldn't it? If so how much? My multimeter resistance scale is in > 1000 of ohms. > E=IR Ohms law. The voltage drop needs to be for a specific load. or current draw. I would think that yours shouldnt be more tham a few ohms. Put your meter in the lowest range you have. See if there is voltage on the load side of the resistor. I would put the resistor just before the wiper switch. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~