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Originally Posted by davids2toys
Patrick...
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Yes, your light will work perfectly. Spdbrake's point, and it's a valid one, is that for truly mission-critical or life-death situations you should check for the presence of a load (like a running fan) on the line as opposed to just tapping in to the line. For example, a broken wire right at the fan will still have the blue light come on even though the fan is broken. For our cars that's not a terribly big deal. But for the gas stove in your kitchen it would be a really, really big deal.
And I have an ammeter on my dash, not a voltmeter. I also have a fancy clamp on inductive ammeter as a tool in my garage for doing electrical work. It's an easy way to measure current without having to cut any wires. If you click on the little link in my previous post it has a picture of it.