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Old 03-07-2013, 11:37 AM   #1
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Wink I'm a dummy, battery checking question

Ok, so I'm a dumb*ss . Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong? I am trying to check my pack voltage and when I touch my DMM to first and last terminals I get an "OL" (open line) reading.

Each individual batt gives me a reading between 12.5 and 12.7, and when I try various combinations of batts I can get readings of 25.x (two batts) and 37.x (3 batts). But what am I doing wrong that I can't get a reading for all 4?

Pic shows the terminals that give me the "OL" reading, red circle Pos, white circle Neg probes.

Oh, it's a 12v system (obviously). And I did try a search on here but could not find an answer. Thanks all!
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Old 03-07-2013, 11:54 AM   #2
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maybe you need to change the setting on the DVM to 200vdc or something like that, it has to be set higher than volts your trying to test
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That's it. The OL is overload. I suspect that your meter is set to 50 volts and four fully charged 12 volt batteries are a tad over 50 volts.

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Default Re: I'm a dummy, battery checking question

Thanks, I didn't try that. But my meter is 'supposed' to be auto-ranging?

Yup, just realized that OL (open loop) is for resistance, not voltage (duh on me). Thank you, I thought it would be something simple.

I'm obviously no electrician! Will check tonight and post results!
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Old 03-07-2013, 01:08 PM   #5
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Most auto range meters have a manual mode too - for the times when you want to over ride the automatic stuff.
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. . . hard to check volts with an ohm meter . . .
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. . . hard to check volts with an ohm meter . . .
It's not an "ohm meter", its a multimeter. I meant that the code "OL" means "open loop" when measuring resistance and "over limit" when measuring voltage. I got the two codes mixed up.
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Old 03-11-2013, 11:26 AM   #8
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Yup, that was it. Thanks everybody.

Like I said, I'm no electrician, but one would logically think that the setting with two digits to the left of the decimal would go up to '99'. Go figure
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