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Default truck electric leak

David Lesher wrote:
"Karl Townsend" writes:


Any suggestions on how to find what's draining my battery?



How much is it drawing? Put an ammeter in the GROUND lead; set it to 10
amps, and go downscale from there.


Hey David,

I grok that it doesn't matter where the ammeter is in this 'series'
branch of the network but I wonder what advantage there is in placing
the meter in series with the ground side of the battery in relation
to placing it in series with the hot side of the battery?

Is it a safety thing, to prevent bad stuff from happening should one
of the wires slip and find ground?

--Winston -- About to learn today's lesson.

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Don't *faff*, dear.