My glomex amplifier light doesn't come on when I turn the knob. Checked the fuse and it's good. How do I find the other end of the wires where they connect to 12V. Source. I don't think there's power to the amp.
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Well I checked the wires for DC today. I'm getting power to the amp. So it must be bad. Sent it to IMTRA today for replacement under warranty.
In answer to your original question.....in case you ever want to do it sometime in the future......use a multimeter to check for continuity.
Turn power off everywhere to avoid the risk of shorting something out.
One meter probe on the end of the wire in question that you're searching for the other end of....other probe to touch all other wires and watch for continuity.
If you're starting with a black wire....then start with touching every other black wire you can find. Hopefully.....as happens so often......no one will have been messing with the wiring and changed colors on you. I find that happens very often and is a real pain sometimes when hunting for wires. In a perfect world....all of the original color coding would still be in tact.
If need be......because the one end is too far away from where you're searching for the other end........splice on another long piece of wire long enough to reach the area where you're searching for the other end.
Never used one of those toner/tracer things but it sounds like a handy rig. I'm still an "old school" kinda guy with a multimeter. :grin:
"That is of course until the one time your looking for a wire (because of a problem) and the "problem" ends up being a bad/shorted/cut/corroded wire and you have no continuity!"
Ummmmm....yup....good point. :thumbsup:
Must look for one of those tone testers to add to my tool collection.
Hmmm....well...for what they're worth....the 2 reviews for that thing aren't great. Maybe I'll hunt for a better one. "shrug"
A decent unit will go for around $100 +
Sous- That's a nice looking piece of equipment. I wish I felt more knowlegable about using it. Does it come with instructions that a non-electrical guy can figure out?
If I understand its use, you'd think it would come with a set of really long lead wires to (altho I guess you can just use wires)