Comments | mackys: Multi-meter? Moar liek MELTY-METER, amirite??

mackys

Multi-meter? Moar liek MELTY-METER, amirite??

Jan 30, 2013 23:03

Oh the lulz...

One our our techs at work was tasked with repairing and testing a very large (1,000 W) power supply unit. Meet the Sorensen DCS 20-50:

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fail, failure as an electronics technician, the smell of burning polystyrene, smells like victory

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scarybaldguy January 31 2013, 06:05:37 UTC

That'll buff right out.

foofers January 31 2013, 06:12:55 UTC

A little WD-40, it'll be good as new.

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mackys January 31 2013, 17:20:41 UTC

I should have thought of that.

Done!

a_gs February 1 2013, 03:41:18 UTC

Captain Obvious: What happened to the idea of trusting that big freaking metal wire spiral in a sane temperature range really has constant resistance, and measuring voltage instead of current?

mackys February 3 2013, 00:56:57 UTC

The tech said that he got pulled away by a customer with a question, and didn't mean to leave the meter inline for that long. He was just going to measure it for one minute at the start of the test, run it for half an hour (without the meter), and then put the meter back in again for one minute at the end of the test to verify the current was still the same.

A likely story!