DynoDave
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Post by DynoDave on Jul 26, 2012 10:59:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 11:30:27 GMT -5
Yep.....great tool!
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Post by Jer on Jul 26, 2012 18:28:27 GMT -5
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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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 19:22:28 GMT -5
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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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2012 19:23:56 GMT -5
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