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Originally Posted by machinist
I wish they had high and low numbers but thats all they list, does 01.1 mean the stator is bad ?
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No. Not bad just 'offset'.
Connect the two meter leads together - it should read 0.0, but may read 0.5... that reading (for example 0.5) should be subtracted from your other readings on that 'scale' so for my example 1.1 would become 1.1-0.5 = 0.6. Why the offset? Well in part it is the resistance of the leads.
High and low numbers .. well the things you are 'reading' are made of copper .. and copper changes its resistance (reading) with temperature.. so the stators reading will be significantly different if you measured it 'cold' at say 10C and 'hot' after the engine has reached operating temperature at say 110C.
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What you have been testing is called continuity - do the ends of the wires connect to one another?
The other thing you will want to test for is insulation. Does this wire connect to things it should not? The stator wires should not connect to the engine/frame.. that is it should be a high resistance .. say over 90k ohms ... ok?
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