Testing For Short to Ground

1. Disconnect the battery negative terminal.
2. Connect one lead of a self-powered test lamp or an ohmmeter to the fuse terminal on the load side.
3. Connect the other lead to a ground.
4. Beginning near the fuse block move the harness from side to side. Continue this procedure (about six inches apart) while watching the self-powered test lamp or ohmmeter.
5. When the self-powered test lamp glows, or ohmmeter registers, there is a short to a ground in the wiring near that point.