Reply To: 1959 fisherman 5.5 help

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1- touching your probes together will give you your 0 ohms referrence (max conductivity since the probes are touching themselves. IF using a needle meter touch the probes and …adjust the needle to 0 ohms to establish a referrence of 0 ohms on the scale being used .Always reset the needle to 0 when changing to a diff. scale.

Make certain the meter’s inside battery is fresh……..(they all have a battery inside) !!!!

2- that said probing the green and black will give you your primary winding resistance 1-3 ohms max not much more (if using a needle meter use 100 ohms scale or lowest possible scale above the expected 3 ohms reading

3- that said ….. black to HV pin probing gives you the secondary winding at 4-7 kohms … if using a needle meter set the scale to 10 kohms !!

if your digital meter shows nothing (no value) similar to when the probes did not touch themselves before starting step 1 above …. you have infinity … open …. infinite resistance (air) which is an open secondary winding

https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/test-methods/meters/multimeter-resistance-measurement.php

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