super tech

GW

had to scalp this pic, it's fun

delta T

Hmmmm, yes, voltage is 0. This must be why its not working......

ratio

I can't believe they posted this pic. It shows the location of the super secret factory test ports! All you have to do is hold your meter leads over the right spot (it's different for each mfgr, thank goodness!) & the computer inside will electrostatically couple to your meter & use the voltage display to show the fault codes for every single thing that can go wrong. It cuts my on-site time so much that I generally have to spend a half-hour in my truck 'filling out paperwork' after each job.

nibs

@ratio ................ Shocking.

HVACNUT

If you zoom in you'll see the meter is made by Fisher Price. The cow says...

GW

As long as the homeowner is happy I guess it’s all good

HVACNUT

> @GW said:
> As long as the homeowner is happy I guess it’s all good

She looks quite smitten actually.

hot_rod

it looks like the coveralls that tradespeople in Europe wear

nibs

@HVACNUT
Well he does have a rather cute VOM.

rick in Alaska

She is actually a certified tech and is looking at his meter leads and thinking......I can't wait until he tries to bill me.
Or, it's her husband......
Rick

ratio

Poor guy. At least he's using both leads.

HVACNUT

Looks like he's just checking continuity through the plastic. Better safe than sorry.

ChrisJ

nibs said:

@HVACNUT
Well he does have a rather cute VOM.

Pretty sure that's a DMM in the eyes of most people.
When I hear VOM I think of the classic Simpson or Triplett analog meter.

Yes, the guy is measuring plastic and I'm going to argue abbreviations.

nibs

@ChrisJ
The young lady wants to look at the pointer, not a bunch of numbers.

Anyroad VOM.s are better at reading plastics, I was using them long before DMM's came into being

ChrisJ

> @nibs said:
> @ChrisJ
> The young lady wants to look at the pointer, not a bunch of numbers.
>
> Anyroad VOM.s are better at reading plastics, I was using them long before DMM's came into being

I use my Simpson 260 7P for certain things and I used to use a HP true RMS VTVM to test amplifier power and align tuners.

GW

Maybe if he fixes the lack of continuity she will pour him a nice glass of that mushroom juice she has brewing

PRR

This stock image has been going around the folks who use electronics-type soldering irons. I can't find the original; I suspect it was taken-down. Here's someone's copy.

GW

I’m not a soldering iron person, yet I hear it’s just as simple as soldering tube. Doesn’t the young woman require solder in her opposite hand?

neilc

well that,
and,
looks like she's holdin the part that burns me too often also

John Ruhnke

@PRR

So I love how they are trying to project a message of safety. Look I got goggles on!!

Yet if somebody were to plug the tool in on her or if a homeowner look at the picture and try holding it that way themselves.

Typical ignorance. so ironic.

Steamhead

You can't fix stupid...................

PRR

> just as simple as soldering tube

Heating tools have handles so you don't hold the hot end. Her soldering iron, the black plastic with grey finger-grip is the handle. The shiny tube (scorched on the end) is the hot-part.

So, bad paste-up. Hold your plumbing torch by the burner with your finger in the fire. That's about what she is doing. (Slightly better because the iron temperature is about half as hot as a flame.)


As neilc says, every e-soldering tech has grabbed the wrong end, and cringes at this picture.