Don't make it more than it is
A-------(wire)--------B
If you want to see if A is connected to B then use OHMs on meter, 0 ohms is connected, also means it has Continuity(a connection)
Ohms has no "Red" or Black" priority, so no wrong hook up
If you want to see if A or B has 12volt, select DC Volts on meter, put Black probe on battery negative, Red probe on A looking for 12v, then test B, looking for same 12v, if its less the (Wire) may have corroded connection
Battery Negative is connected to the vehicles metal parts, like engine, body and frame, its called Grounded
You can use OHM Meter to test that, one probe on Battery negative other probe on any bare metal part of vehicle, paint, of course, is non-conductive so will show no connection
Both battery cables can be connected to battery for this test, negative would HAVE to be connected, lol
This "Grounding" is handy when testing for 12volts in say the Cab, when Battery Negative is too far way to hook the Black probe to
So you can have the Black probe on a bare metal bolt head in cab and its the same has having it on Battery Negative
Longer wire testing
The probe wires are maybe 8" to 12" long, what if the wire you want to test is 10ft long, i.e. tail light wires???
Buy a 20ft length of wire, 20gauge is fine
Test that wire with OHM meter first, just to be sure its OK
That wire becomes an extension for either probe to test OHMs or Voltage
Voltage needs to flow, in a vehicle the voltage flows from 12v(battery positive) to 0volt(battery negative)
(its actually the other way, lol)
So if you remove EITHER the 12v connection OR the 0v connection then no flow, so no power
A light bulb has 2 connections, if one has 12v and the other 0v then power flows thru bulb and it lights up
If you remove either bulb goes off
What if you hooked up both bulbs connections to 12v???
Nothing would happen, bulb would stay off, because the 12v has no place to flow
So losing the 12v OR the 0v stops any device from working
AC voltage works the same way, but it ALTERNATES 110v and 0v on its 2 wires very rapidly
So voltage is flowing thru, say a light bulb, but is constantly reversing directions
In a 12vDC system the voltage travels in one direction
In a 110vAC system the voltage travels back and forth
But you still need the same 2 wires, so there is a voltage difference that can be used to power a device