Originally Posted by
2flit
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Insulating.... I initially did put bits of cut up Polyethylene in the dropouts to isolate the positive side of the hub and test it with a VOLTMETER which (I am assuming is better than a light. There was no voltage present.
Is there an issue with using a working VOM on the 20V scale?
The reason that I suggested the light is that since the hub is intended to make the lights work and you have a couple, I assumed that was the simplest way to do it. If the light glows, it works.
But if there is zero voltage, that also suggests that the hub is not working. So, I would not bother to repeat the test with a light.
I was thinking that if there is weak current, too weak to light up the lights, it still might show voltage on a meter, in which case the meter might give you a false positive response.
Now we wait to see what Schmidt says.