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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby
The jump lead does that and proves the starter at the same time if it is an earth strap fault.  |
Agreed but the jump lead trick is only good to identify that one fault but if you guess right first time, it's all good.
Using a multimeter to measure voltage drop on the live and ground side will identify many more potential faults though so a combination of methods is always handy.