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480sparky said:Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter?
Thanks Ill have to search that out.
480sparky said:Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter?
mdshunk said:The short answer is 'Yes'. Intermittant problems buck the heck out of people.
Hard to say without a lot more information. I like to take a more logical approach to troubleshooting rather than just being a parts changer.brother said:mdshunk, so it may not have been 'goofy' after all to replace everything.
mdshunk said:Hard to say without a lot more information. I like to take a more logical approach to troubleshooting rather than just being a parts changer.
:grin: That's debatable.brother said:I agree, but im pretty.
mdshunk said::grin: That's debatable.
Im curious have you ever had a problem that you NEVER actually solved/found out why electrically.??
Energy-Miser said:I had a service call on a set of HID parking lot lights. The circuit breaker they said would trip a couple of hours after the lights came on after dark.
mdshunk said:If you can't find the problem, whatever it might be, you just don't own the right test equipment yet.
How about the appliance that was not all the way plugged in?480sparky said:Or else press the 'reset' button on a GFI recep somewhere! :grin:
Energy-Miser said:How about the appliance that was not all the way plugged in?
iwire said:In my experience that is usually the sign of insulation break down in either the conductors or the splices.
But don't worry, eventually it will fail to the point where you can use a standard continuity tester to find it. :grin:
If the customer, faced with a more thorough troubleshooting, says um..., I don't know, it may not be worth it, lets just leave it (without fixing it), then what about the time you have already spent? Personnally I feel awkward, charging for a problem solving that was not completed, but then again under this scenario, I have done all I could, it is the customer who does not want to go through with the completion of the job. What would anyone do in a case like this (charge the full amount for the time spent, give a break and charge less, or say well you don't owe me anything, since I haven't really solved the problem for you) ?360Youth said:Do you have many customers that are willing to invest in that kind of troubleshooting. We usually give an HO, municipality, or local utility the option of some extensive "digging." But not too many of them want to spend the kind of moola it takes to find out why their lights are flickering. I agree that you shouldn't wait until it becomes a larger problem, larger fix, and worse, a larger safety issue, but you still have to convince them of that, especially if it is not showing itself while you are there.
I haven't worked with one, but can imagine that a load bank would be very useful to have. What is the price range, and current / voltage range typically for these? e/mmdshunk said:FYI... Three tools that are helpful in locating many types of intermittant problems:
1) Megger
2) DLRO
3) Load Bank
acrwc10 said:The short list, fuse not screwed all the way in,
light bulb not screwed all the way in,
plug strip under desk that on/off switch was shut off by foot,
fluorescent under cabinet lights not working from wall switch mother inlaw went around and shut off all lights from built in switch on fixtures,
GFI tripped in remote location,
customer replaced blown fuse with blown fuse ( from pile of blown fuses under fuse box ) :roll:
e57 said:The little wafts of smoke from a christy box in front of the entrance to the walmart. The manager thought this was normal, (Like steam from a man-hole...)