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Right down to the wire eh... or in this case resistor. V=IR where the voltage is 6V (what your dropping) I is the current (about 5 amps) so just over an ohm or so for the resistor. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Jaranson" <jaransonT3@comcast.net> To: "T3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: [T3] Voltage Drop Question > Fired Sophy tonite!!! First time she has run in a few months and the > first time with 12V power. Most of the lights work and the clock and > stuff.... > > but, i can't get the wipers to work with the voltage drop wired in. I > suspect I have it in the wrong spot but don't want to screw something > up. Here is the low down... > > 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. > > Obviously electrical theory is not my strong suit. Help!!! Need to > get her ready for the run to Hershey this week and I still need to > finish wet sanding and buffing her and dong the final assembly. > > Later, > John Jaranson > '66 Square (Sophy) > '71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting) > various parts.....don't we all. > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/2004Invasion/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/notavwclub/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >