Tom - Power Probe

[DynoDave]

Tom,

Didn't you say you bought one of these? It looks pretty slick.

workshop.search-autoparts.com/_PowerProbe-Tips/video/1683635/31710.html?cid=95882

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Yep.....great tool!

[Jer]

Hey...I have one of those, too !!
#DancingBanana# #DancingBanana#

I'm not saying I know how to use it, that would be a different story, but the great thing about mine is that it is one
of the few "recent" tools I own that I bought before Tom !!

I figure at the least, mine will serve well as a backup for Tom's tool while he's working on my cars.....


Hey Tom,
What are your feelings about this guy's comments (from Dyno's link)??

"I'm a little concerned with all that probing going on... It's okay to do, just dont jab that tapered probe into a female terminal so deep that it distorts and loses its 'fit'. Same with stabbing wire insulation; you may not cause a problem in the dry southwest, but here in the rust belt its a receipe for disaster. In as little as 3 months, enough moisture can seep into the copper and corrode it into a high resistance circuit that can cause some really wierd intermittant problems... and YOU caused it!"

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The concerns expressed about piercing and probing the wires and female terminals are legit.

There are better and worse ways to probe automotive circuits. When available, I usually use a T pin, back probed into an electrical plug, rather than actually puncturing/probing a wire.

I know for sure that I caused myself a "comeback" a few years ago by inappropriately probing a fuel pump relay female terminal. I fixed the truck by replacing the ignition switch....but it came back the next day on a tow truck, with an intermittent connection at the relay I had over zealously probed and spread open.

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I have the Power Probe 3... One of many tools sitting in my tool boxes collecting dust.

www.ebay.com/itm/Power-Probe-3-Gold-Test-Lead-Set-PP3LS01-2-1-/130618077997?hash=item1e6971b32d&item=130618077997&pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&vxp=mtr