ben484•5mo ago

Serious question about multimeter probe tips

I do a lot of work on older corporate jets here in Wichita, and I keep running into other techs who use those cheap pointed probe tips for everything. The other day a guy was trying to check a connector pin on a Garmin unit and his probe slipped off, shorted two pins, and blew a fuse on the power supply board. Took him an hour to track down the damage. Why are so many guys still using the wrong tips for the job? Has anyone else dealt with this kind of avoidable issue from bad tools?

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the_kim5mo ago

Man that's rough, hate when a simple tool choice leads to a whole afternoon of chasing gremlins. Seen similar stuff happen way too often.

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dylan_anderson5mo ago

Man, that sucks. I've seen that exact thing happen way too often, people just grabbing whatever pointed tip is handy without thinking about the pins they're working near. It's one of those little things that can cause a huge headache for zero good reason.

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