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The old timer who told me to ditch my digital tester for a manual multimeter was right
Got to talking with a retired elevator guy named Ray at a supply shop in Cleveland last month, and he swore my Fluke meter was overkill for checking relay contacts. He handed me a $15 analog meter and said "you'll hear the difference when a contact is dirty, not just see it." Has anyone else found that analog meters actually catch intermittent faults better than digital ones?
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lopez.brooke1mo ago
Analog meters have that lazy needle swing that tells you way more than a number on a screen. Ray is right, you can hear the resistance change when a contact is dirty. Digital numbers jump around too fast to catch the intermittent stuff. It's a solid trick for old control panels.
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william_taylor1mo ago
Haha yeah that needle swing is NO JOKE. I was working on an old press last year with a digital meter and it was all over the place on a relay contact. Switched to my grandpa's old Simpson 260 and the needle just barely fluttered on the bad spot. Woulda never caught it with the Fluke.
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