Re: Problem With Power Outlet

A lot of fuses hace an opening in the plastic ocer the prongs. If yours don't, the easiest mught be to eo=ither find one that does, or chip the corners of a spare to expose the prong ends.

No load on the wire to the voltmeter. The voltmeter only draws, at most, milliamps of current.

Turns out they do have openings in the plastic and a tiny portion of each prong is exposed. Never noticed it before. Haven't followed these steps yet, as I haven't had a chance to go to the store and pick up some wire. But will do so shortly.

In the meantime, and interesting thing happened tonight. You may recall early on that I mentioned that the headlights have on occasion blinked intermittently. You said that that meant there was a 90% chance that there was a bad ground in the system (which our subsequent tests seem to confirm).

Tonight, as it's been a bit colder here lately, I had the heater blower on full as I began to pull out. When I put my foot on the brake, the headlights blinked several times (and then were fine). Then, as I was driving with the heater blower on full, the headlights did another quick blink (foot on gas). When I parked the car, I found that putting my foot on the brake caused the headlights to blink one time (but usually only right after the headlights were turned on).

So there's some interesting information. It seems to me, given these data, that the problem is more general than just the circuitry to the outlets.

Anyway, I'll do the tests you sent shortly. If you think of anything else to test in light of the above, please let me know.

Thanks for your help!

Neil