Yes, you are fine, Shane. Note that step says, "Your DMM may indicate the value is so high it is out of the range of the instrument and as it does when in ohms mode and the probes are not touching anything."
So it's reading what your Fluke reads when the leads are not touching anything. All is good. That check is simply to ensure there isn't a short circuit across those connections. In that case your Fluke would read some value much less than 35K (35,000) ohms. The same is true of the check on the following page, although there the circuits will show some resistance, hence values to look for. When doing these sort of checks, it's often valuable to put your meter in manual ranging, so it doesn't keep cycling across resistance ranges. That can produce very confusing readings. Have fun! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:27 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Resistance Checks on pg. 45 (K3) Hi, I hope this is the right place for this post, although I'm sure it's not because its kind of a dumb question. I've been assembling a K3 and I'm up to the point for doing resistance checks in the assembly manual on pg. 44. And yet I know nothing about resistance checks (or electronics). I'm worried about the 1st check where I'm supposed to check the 12VDC IN connectors on the rear panel. I bought a Fluke 117 DMM, switched it to the Ohm sign, its set to auto ranging, then I put the black pin in the black 12V connecter of the K3, put red on red (made sure the pins are touching metal in the connectors) and I'm not seeing anything (just 0L on the display of my DMM). And I've also stepped through the manual range settings as well, but to no avail. However the following checks on pg. 45 showed me some numbers. I can't tell if they're good numbers yet as I'm trying to figure out the decimal places and if they match what the manual says, but at least there I'm seeing numbers. So I was afraid to plug it in and do the initial power check. Can anyone comment? Much appreciated. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
