@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 You might find the UT210E clamp meter useful. The clamp can read both AC and DC amps, and it has a non contact voltage detector. You can pick it up for about $35 at amazon. here's a review of it: eevblog.com/forum/testgear/a-look-at-the-uni-t-ut210e

I've got one and it was super helpful diagnosing alternator problems. You could just put the clamp around the wire going to the COP and you'll see right away if power is going to it I think.

By the way, the Hantek 1008 automotive oscilliscopes seem pretty decent and are only around $100 I think: Hantek 1008 Secondary Ignition Waveform youtube.com/watch?v=PALjk13DDiQ

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@LynnCrumbling revealing, isn't it?

It's fascinating...

A whole new level of (crap / spam / fascinating pearls?) :)

@LynnCrumbling Congrats!

@LynnCrumbling It makes me want to hit 10k before we get the new site... :)

Slow down, SE!

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Just BTW, I'm actually kind of looking forward to losing all these privs... just to see this site fully launched!

hah.. yeah, it's bittersweet.

At least I'll still be able to edit questions and answers...

but not cast close votes :(

@LynnCrumbling It won't take long. Just 1k more.

@tlhIngan, check out this:

@LynnCrumbling you'll also be able to see who deleted them. In the before times, it was mostly me. Now? Could be one of several....