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Old 8th June 2020, 11:10   #65
Supervinnie40
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Hmmm, that was a bit odd.

Due to MarkS comment on the 3 numbers behind the comma, I tried to recreate the situation. Take of the bonnet clamp, reconnect the wiper motor and reconnect the multimeter with the battery and the lead. In the second (comparison) test I would do the same, except disconnect the wiper motor.
But, while I was waiting for the amps to go down (wondering if it would), the wipers suddenly moved an inch. I didn't press anything, they just moved. So I aborted my test.

Thinking I did something wrong, I took off the lead, and put the clamp back on the bonnet switch and made sure everything was back as it should be.
Then I reconnected the multi meter and waited for the amps to go down again. After a minute or 2, the wipers moved one rotation. Then they stopped.
The amps did go down, but only to 0.07. Pulling the plug on the wiper motor still made it drop further to 0.03.

So, everything is back to normal. Nonetheless, I was very surprised that the wipers moved an inch the first time, and did a full sweep the second time. Spooky...
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