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Dash lights and tail tight inop on 93 suburban but the brake and turn signals work its not the fuse under the dash?
A short in the tail light circuit. Brake and turn are on another circuit. Dash light power is fed from the tail light fuse to the dimmer switch and on to the dash lights. Look for a short in the tail light wiring circuit. Also check the license plate light for a short as it is on the tail light circuit also. Had a car with blown fuse, traced the circuit for tail lights and found nothing. Jumped the fuse and burned out the wiring to the tail lights. Come to find out, the short was in the license plate light. Also a bad headlight switch can cause this. Both tail light circuit and headlight circuit go through the switch. Contacts for the tail lights may be bad (defective switch common).
How do you find a short in the electrical system of a Silverado C series pickup truck?
Depends where short circuit is. Is circuit protected by a fuse? If so replace fuse with a test lamp-if short is present it will illuminate. Trace circuit disconnecting one item at a time (bulbs, socket, etc.) until test light goes off. That will give you an idea what to repair
Short in the running lights and the dash when you start it how do i fix it?
"Blowing" FusesWithout seeing and trouble shooting your vehicle no one can tell you where a short is in an electrical circuit. The key to this repair is to find/identify the short. Fuses and Circuit Breakers are safety devices designed and installed in electrical circuits TO PROTECT the conductors [wires] from short circuits and overload conditions which can cause extreme overheating which can result in damage to the conductors, and worse, the possibility of a FIRE which could destroy the vehicle. When a fuse, and replacement fuses, repeatedly blow, is an indicator of an UNSAFE CONDITION in that circuit, usually a short. Do not install a larger fuse in a misguided attempt to correct the problem. To install a larger fuse would invite damage to the wiring and an electrical system fire. The proper "fix" is for a qualified technician, who knows what he/she's doing, to troubleshoot the circuit, find and identify the defect [in this case a short], and make proper repair [s], BEFORE replacing the fuse again [with the properly sized fuse].
What type of circuit would you find an electrolytic capacitor?
Many, but a near guaruntee would be any power supply. Electrolytic capacitors are the ones that look like batteries.
How do you find a short in the electrical system of a Lincoln Mark VII LSC?
Hey It depends on what type of short . Is it a short to ground . Or is It a short ro positive Or is it just an open wire . 1 If its a short to ground and is blowing the fuse you need to know how many amps the short is drawling on the system first. so you do not damage the system. If you have a short detectror that runs over the wireing it is a easy job as long as you can fallow the wires. you need to feed a small amont of current threw the system and trace the wires with a short detector. with out a short detector you must use a multimeter . select ohms scale . maesure resistance of the circuit in question . then shorten your distence from on end of circuit to the other to you narrow down the spot of the short. 2 Its pretty much the same thery ecept it will not draw any current as positive only atracts to negative & vicversa. 3 an open is easy to find with a test light or multimeter. Just start tracing the circiut by probing if theres a current the light will light up or the meter will read voltrage or amps depending on what scale the meters set on. as sooon as you looseyour current that's were the wire is open . use your multimeter on the ohms scale to check the circuit fisrt to see if it has an open or not.
What is the reason to use open circuit and short circuit methods to find Transformer losses?
The transformer can be tested on open and short circuit to find the iron losses and copper losses separately, which uses a fraction of the power than having to run the transformer on full-load.
How do you find out no load and full load losses of Power Transformer?
By performing no load and short circuit tests. These are outlined in ANSII and IEEE literature.
Why the open and short ckt test of transformer is needed?
The open/short-circuit test on a transformer isn't 'needed'. It's only used if you want to find out the efficiency of a transformer.
Can one intentionally short ct to one side of transformer?
yes........ we can short circuit the other side of the winding wen the primary is excited.... but we shouldn't apply rated voltage to the primary.. this method is used in the short circuit test of the transformer to find the parameters of the transformer.....
What is short circuit voltage?
Short circuit voltage is the voltage that has to be applied to the primaries of a transformer, so that the nominal current flows through the secondaries, when they are shorted. This value is important, if transformer secondaries shall be used in parallel. Ideally all transformers with parallel secondaries should have the same short circuit voltage. When their short circuit voltages are different, the transformer with the lower short circuit voltage will be loaded more than their relationship of power ratings would predict. The short circuit voltage is also important in the design of a transformer, because it predicts, how much the secondary voltage will drop at nominal output current. This knowledge helps the designer to find out, how many further windings the secondary needs for a certain voltage in relation to an ideal transformer. Short circuit voltage is also known as impedance voltage.
Where would you find a transformer in a PC?
In the power suply
Why short circuit test is done at high voltage side?
1)Short circuit test is performed at rated current. As the rated current on high voltage side is much less than low voltage side, so the rated high voltage side current is easily achieved compared to low voltage side. 2)Also because we cannot short circuit high voltage side, as, if we short circuit high voltage side, voltage of high voltage side essentially falls to zero and since VI=constant, so the high voltage side current will be very high and will burn the winding.
Why would you have power to your tail lights when switch is of?
it shows that somewhere on the tail lighting circuit there is some kind of a short circuit,one can test using a multimeter to find the probklem..
Why is the wattmeter connected at the primary side of the transformer?
In general, you can install a wattmeter on the primary or the secondary side of a transformer (it depends what you are trying to measure). But if you are conducting an open- and short-circuit test (to find the transformer's losses), then the wattmeter is connected to the primary side because you want to measure the total (primary + secondary) losses and that is only achievable from the primary side.
How do you figure out the amps of a transformer when it only tells you it puts out 20 vdc?
I suspect you are referring to an external power supply for a device, which consists of a transformer and a smoothing circuit of some kind. Look on the device it powers, there may well be a rating plate or an input fuse. You might also find a VA rating or wattage rating. If so, Google for power formulae to manipulate to find amps.
Where to find Circuit breaker for power window in 1992 Camry?
Where is the circuit breaker for power window in 1990 camry?
What can you use to find a short-circuit?
A short circuit would blow a fuse. Most fuses are marked as to which circuit they protect. Now that you know which circuit is shorted you can examine the suspected circuit for problems like damaged/pinched wiring to ground.
