Terminal 22 Failing Resistance Check (Solved)

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Offline Jake1

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on: January 20, 2018, 06:57:55 PM
    Hey, just finished up my crack build and had a blast!  I was going through and checking all the resistances before I started the voltage tests and everything passed except for terminal 22 which reads in the M ohm range when it should be 0.  I was having a lot of trouble with finding ways to troubleshoot this because it isn't connected to anything but the screw on the transformer.

To troubleshoot:
1. I double checked the setup of the washers and screws of the transformer and made sure everything was tight.
2. I checked the resistance of terminal 3 and the safety grounding tab which both read 0 ohms, which I think is correct as they're also part of the grounding path.

Side note:  I'm also using alligator clips and I'm confident in all the connections with the multi-meter.  This is my first build so I'm not too experienced with how else to troubleshoot this, so any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!
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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: January 22, 2018, 06:11:32 AM
If terminal 22 isn't giving you a reading, it's not the end of the world to move ahead to the voltage checks.  Just be sure that hardware is nice and tight.

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Offline Jake1

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Reply #2 on: January 22, 2018, 06:00:51 PM
I went ahead and just fixed up the soldering on all the parts of the grounding pathway and was able to get 22 to work, I'm not sure where it went wrong.  Got all the voltages correct as well after some troubleshooting and everything is working nicely now!  Thanks!