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GW
GW Member Posts: 4,692
in THE MAIN WALL
had to scalp this pic, it's fun


Gary Wilson
Wilson Services, Inc
Northampton, MA
gary@wilsonph.com

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  • delta T
    delta T Member Posts: 884
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    Hmmmm, yes, voltage is 0. This must be why its not working......
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,625
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    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.
    delta TSTEVEusaPACanucker
  • nibs
    nibs Member Posts: 511
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    @ratio ................ Shocking.
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 5,833
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    If you zoom in you'll see the meter is made by Fisher Price. The cow says...
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
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    As long as the homeowner is happy I guess it’s all good
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 5,833
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    > @GW said:
    > As long as the homeowner is happy I guess it’s all good

    She looks quite smitten actually.
    ethicalpaul
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 22,129
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    it looks like the coveralls that tradespeople in Europe wear
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • nibs
    nibs Member Posts: 511
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    @HVACNUT
    Well he does have a rather cute VOM.
  • rick in Alaska
    rick in Alaska Member Posts: 1,457
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    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
    Canucker
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,625
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    Poor guy. At least he's using both leads.
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 5,833
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    Looks like he's just checking continuity through the plastic. Better safe than sorry.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,671
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    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. :D
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
    ratio
  • nibs
    nibs Member Posts: 511
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    @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
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,671
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    > @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.
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
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    Maybe if he fixes the lack of continuity she will pour him a nice glass of that mushroom juice she has brewing
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • PRR
    PRR Member Posts: 126
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    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.

    ratiodelta Tethicalpaul
  • GW
    GW Member Posts: 4,692
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    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?
    Gary Wilson
    Wilson Services, Inc
    Northampton, MA
    gary@wilsonph.com
  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,703
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    well that,
    and,
    looks like she's holdin the part that burns me too often also
    known to beat dead horses
    JUGHNEJakeCKethicalpaul
  • John Ruhnke
    John Ruhnke Member Posts: 882
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    @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.
    I am the walking Deadman
    Hydronics Designer
    Hydronics is the most comfortable and energy efficient HVAC system.
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,832
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    You can't fix stupid...................
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    Towson, MD, USA
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  • PRR
    PRR Member Posts: 126
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    > 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.

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