Activating Electrical Components With Negative (-) Voltage; Jumper Lead Feature - HC Cargo 211083 Manual Del Usuario

ACTIVATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WITH
NEGATIVE (-) VOLTAGE
Contact the probe tip to the negative terminal of
the component, the LED indicator should light RED.
While keeping an eye on the red LED indicator,
quickly depress and release the power switch
rearward (-). If the red indicator changed
instantly from RED to GREEN you may proceed
with further activation. If the green indicator
went off at that instant or if the circuit breaker
tripped, the tester has been overloaded. This
could have happened for the following reasons:

JUMPER LEAD FEATURE

The testers positive battery hook-up lead and
auxiliary ground lead are connected directly
through the tester. By leaving the negative h
ook-up disconnected from the vehicle's battery,
the tester can be used as a long jumper lead.
Positive current is
now flowing directly
through the lead and
is activating the relay.
Negative hook-up clip
hangs loose.
• The contact is a direct positive voltage.
• The component is short-circuited.
• The component is a high amperage component
(i.e., starter motor).
If the circuit breaker tripped, reset it by
depressing the reset button.
WARNING: With this function a vehicle's fuse can
be blown or tripped if grounding the contact in
series with it.
Depress the rocker
switch rearward to
ground the horn
Be careful to avoid short circuits and
overloading when using this jumper function.
The leads, in this configuration, are NOT
protected by the testers circuit breaker.
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