98v70dad
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I've been troubleshooting a blown #25 fuse for a good while now. My gauge cluster has a short in it and I've spent some time looking for it. The MOV in the circuitry near the odometer has continuity across its terminals so I guess thats my short. I don't have a real good wiring diagram so I don't know if the would cause my #25 fuse to blow but the cluster is on fuse 25 so I'm pretty confident I've found the source of my problem. My odometer was working intermittantly before the short showed up. Also a burned smell is coming from the area of the circuit board with the MOV. The MOV is a black disck that sort of looks like a disk type capacitor except that its there to protect the circuit from transients. I don't know much about electronics and had never heard of an MOV until a few hours ago
So, can anyone confirm that a good functional MOV shouldn't have continuity? Also, there is no writing on it so I have no idea how to source a new one (both place to buy one and rating, etc). I would really appreciate any help with that.
So, can anyone confirm that a good functional MOV shouldn't have continuity? Also, there is no writing on it so I have no idea how to source a new one (both place to buy one and rating, etc). I would really appreciate any help with that.