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I have been using a electrical short finder from K-D Tools for many years in electrical troubleshooting. I have noticed numerous posts lately on shorts, tough to find opens etc. I thoght this little gadget could help when you run into a tough short to track!
KD builds a simple hand held tool that finds a short fast, simple and easy, and the beauty of it is that you do not have take looms apart, rip up mats or any other work until you find the short.
K-D Part # 2524. The web site gives a very brief description of its use, but it has other uses as well. In brief, if you have a fuse that constantly blows, you hook up the sender to replace the fuse, then begin sweeping the wire harness looking for the pulsating needle. The unit you sweep with looks like a normal amp gauge, other than it is none contact. When the needle stops pullsating, you are in the zone of the short! The Sender that replaces the fuse, sends out an electrical pulse, the the meter can pick up.
You can also hook the sender in line, for instance, when a fusible link melts down. Put the sender in place of the fusible link, and sweep the harness until you find the short. Basically, anywhere you have a short, and you can tap the sender in line, lights whatever, it will track down the spot with little effort.
This little tool has saved me considerable time, effort and well worth what I paid for it many times over. It is also durabel, as I used mine proffesionally for many years, and it has stood the test of time!
KD builds a simple hand held tool that finds a short fast, simple and easy, and the beauty of it is that you do not have take looms apart, rip up mats or any other work until you find the short.
K-D Part # 2524. The web site gives a very brief description of its use, but it has other uses as well. In brief, if you have a fuse that constantly blows, you hook up the sender to replace the fuse, then begin sweeping the wire harness looking for the pulsating needle. The unit you sweep with looks like a normal amp gauge, other than it is none contact. When the needle stops pullsating, you are in the zone of the short! The Sender that replaces the fuse, sends out an electrical pulse, the the meter can pick up.
You can also hook the sender in line, for instance, when a fusible link melts down. Put the sender in place of the fusible link, and sweep the harness until you find the short. Basically, anywhere you have a short, and you can tap the sender in line, lights whatever, it will track down the spot with little effort.
This little tool has saved me considerable time, effort and well worth what I paid for it many times over. It is also durabel, as I used mine proffesionally for many years, and it has stood the test of time!
Stock 87, no mods, Black with the grey interior.
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