Re: (ET) Landis controller vs. GE timer

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 15:05:57 -0500, "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" wrote:
> On 3 Jan 2004 at 9:30, Jeremy Gagliardi com wrote:
> 
> >  First, why is it 7.6V, and
> > second, why does it always read positive?
> 
> My ^guess^ is that you're reading voltage from some kind of ground fault.
> Are 
> you by any chance using a digital meter?  They have a very high input 
> impedance.  Try connecting a 12v taillight bulb across those leads and 
> then 
> you're apt to read zero.  (And if it lights up, there ^is^ something 
> weird 
> going on!)

Let's put it this way, what should I expect to read from the 2 small wires 
going
to the timer switch?  Perhaps a better question is, what do the 2 small 
wires do
for the timer, what is their function?

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