Question about 12V sockets not working
I have two 12v plug in sockets on the dash of my Dutch Star and are only reading 11.1 Volts on my Volt meter. They will not run my brake monitor or TPMS monitor. My 4ea 6 volt coach batteries read 6.6...
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lanerd wrote:dougrainer wrote:
=or partially blown fuse. Doug
Really? A "partially" blown fuse??? With all due respect, how is that even possible?
Think of how a fuse is made.. You have a thin wire usually inside a glass, ceramic or plastic case.. It takes TIME for the fuse to blow (In fact you can look up how much) fast acting fuses blow faster. Slow blow can hand in there for a couple seconds.
now... Imagine that the short only exists for 1/2 the amount of time it takes for the fuse to blow... It is only HALF melted.
(This is highly overly simplified but the point is that it is just shy of blowing when the sort is cleared or power is removed.
Page 2: that is not the O/P's problem however, he has a bad connection,, very bad if the voltmeter is enough to load it down a volt.
