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Old 11-25-2002, 01:15 PM
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Well, after reading a lovely 700 page book (Basics of Electricity)...It is now clear that my method for testing the current was flawed.

For PROPER testing of current you MUST put the Multimeter IN-SERIES on the circuit to be tested and the load MUST be present as well...I was testing without the load (Motor).

Someone was nice enough to email me a simple, but ingenious way to test for current...Which is to simply use a non-conductive thin piece of plastic (easily attainable by cutting a slim piece of plastic from a 2liter soda bottle)

Once you have the 'shim', place it between the contacts of the motor and the power plate and then attach your Multimeter on either ends and THEN press the forward/reverse button to send power through...At that point you can get the correct reading.

Here's an illustration:

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