Hello.
I have seen a short circuit tester made with 3 * 9V batteries, a voltage limiter component and a resistor connected to the probes of a multimeter.
The theory is that the meter becomes sensitive enough to read very low resistances and the lowest resistance to ground on a circuit is likely to be a short circuit in that area.
Link
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eixDdCpiO4
My multimeter isn't normally sensitive to very small resistance, but when I put a 1 mega ohm resistor...