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<blockquote data-quote="smoka" data-source="post: 7090415" data-attributes="member: 606721">Not if you are troubleshooting a bad ground. I could get a wire the size of a human hair and it will read 0 resistance. But when you run a few amps through it the resistance will increase alot. An ohm meter will tell you the resistance measurement, but it will not tell you the quality or capacity of that wire.When dealing with charging problems, just remember that electrons flow from neg to pos so you want to make sure you don&#039;t have any bottlenecks in your grounds.If you want to properly check your grounds, here is what you do.Play a sine wave or other constant sound at a medium level so you get some current flowing.Take one lead from your meter to the pos of the batt. Take the neg lead (you will prob have to use an ext wire) and put the neg lead at several areas where you suspect there is a bad ground. Look for any voltage difference between the locations that you test.Measuring voltage drop instead of resistance is the proper way to test for bad grounds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smoka, post: 7090415, member: 606721"] Not if you are troubleshooting a bad ground. I could get a wire the size of a human hair and it will read 0 resistance. But when you run a few amps through it the resistance will increase alot. An ohm meter will tell you the resistance measurement, but it will not tell you the quality or capacity of that wire. When dealing with charging problems, just remember that electrons flow from neg to pos so you want to make sure you don't have any bottlenecks in your grounds. If you want to properly check your grounds, here is what you do. Play a sine wave or other constant sound at a medium level so you get some current flowing. Take one lead from your meter to the pos of the batt. Take the neg lead (you will prob have to use an ext wire) and put the neg lead at several areas where you suspect there is a bad ground. Look for any voltage difference between the locations that you test. Measuring voltage drop instead of resistance is the proper way to test for bad grounds. [/QUOTE]

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