12 fuse box
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 12, 2013 at 20:13
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Hi, could any explain why there is power on both side of my fuse box (for camper trailer accessories) when the fuse in not in the holder. It is sci r3-82 fuse holder.
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Dave
Reply By: The Bantam - Saturday, Oct 12, 2013 at 23:06
Saturday, Oct 12, 2013 at 23:06
One of the issues with modern multimeters is they are very high impedance....they place no significant load on the circuit.
So they can tend to read voltage where there is only leakage and no solid connection.
That leakage can come from a number of sources.
One of them is a poor earth.
If one of the earths is poor voltage can go out on one circuit thru the common poor earth and back thru another circuit.
There may also be some sort of second supply, like a second battery or a back up battery is some sort of accessory.
Or there might be something dodgy like two wires crushed together.
as has been said try with a
test lamp.
cheers
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