To find a short in a wire, you can use a multimeter to test for continuity along the wire. Set the multimeter to the continuity setting and touch the probes to each end of the wire. If the multimeter beeps or shows a reading of zero ohms, there is a short in the wire.
In order to find a short in a buried wire you will need to use an electronic wire chaser. The electronic wire chaser will notify you of where the break is exactly.
Resistance is the restriction of electrical flow in a component/wire/etc. If you think of a short fat wire as a short freeway and a long thin wire as a quiet country road then the answer is easy to find especially if you imagine 1 thousand cars all trying to travel the distance at once
a short is a cut in a wire and it will probally be behind the fuse panel if its for your radio.
This could be caused by a blown fuse or a short in the wire. If its a blown fuse, replace it. If it is a short you get to play follow the wire from the window control button until you find the short.
The fact that it is a grand Cherokee has nothing to do with it. The fact that you have an electrical short has everything to do with it. Open the hood. Find the battery. Find the red wire from the battery. Trace the red wire and the wires leading off from it until you find the spot where you can see the insulation removed and there is bare wire. Replace that wire. Hopefully that caught it. If that did not catch it, then it will be necessary to get a volt meter and find the specific wire that has the short. If it is not is a bare wire, it may be in a broken piece of equipment. You need to find out where. Since you want to learn about your vehicle without working with another back yard mechanic like the rest of us did, that is a possible way. You have to find the short and replace the bad part.
Shorted wire! Either re-wire it or find the short and repair. I'm about to fix this same problem on my neon!
First off, you must ensure that it "IS" a short to ground. The first indication is that a fuse is blown, so check your fuse panel to determine if there are any fuses gone. Then, if a fuse is blown, then work backwards with a continuity tester to find the possible break in the insulation of the wire or the section of wire which is creating the short, then replace it Find the appropriate wiring diagram to help trace the wires as well.
how do i find a short in my head lights ,tail lights work but not my head lights
Never join them, that is a dead short.
If the wire is short, its resistance will likely decrease. A shorter wire has less length for electrons to travel through, resulting in lower resistance according to the formula R = ρL/A, where R is resistance, ρ is resistivity, L is length, and A is cross-sectional area.
one effective solution is to put the soda machine in series with a 40 or 60 watt light bulb and the power supply. If a short is present the bulb will be bright. Disconnect one wire at a time until the light goes dim the last wire disconnected has the short not scientific but effective
# 4 copper wire short distance.