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Default Parasitic electrical draw & active short testing

I thought this was a good basic primer for electrical system testing to find parasitic draw and an active short . As well, if you find similar videos or tutorials please relay them. We'd like to add these to the LS400 FAQ to help others.

Parasitic electrical draw testing

Finding an active short

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