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[–] tills13@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

If you are not comfortable working with electricity, you shouldn't be working with electricity. Following, a multimeter and an outlet polarity tester are not really things normal people should have.

Ok for the rest.

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[–] meeshen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

A multimeter is absolutely a good thing to have. Even for small electronics, you can do simple diagnosis like if a wire is broken, if an audio jack fucked, or even if a battery has any charge left.

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[–] paNic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

I am a normal person and use a multimeter all the time to check batteries and fuses.

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[–] Dempf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I hired an electrician to rewire an outlet under my sink so that the switch above the sink can control only one of the two plugs. When he was done, I used the outlet tester and found that he hadn't properly connected the ground wire. I wasn't planning on connecting an appliance that needed grounding, but I think every outlet in the house should be grounded anyways as a matter of course. Got him to fix it before he left. That $9 I spent 7 years ago paid off as far as I'm concerned.

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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

The OBD scanner is a big one. That mystery check light is often something simple that an obd code and a quick Google search will often solve.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Im a mechanic and own all ofnthese apart from the obd scanner, but my personal land cruiser produces flash codes along with my motorbikes.

But this is certainly a great list

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[–] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

You are a mechanic and don't own an obd scanner.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah heavy diesel plant mechanic though, think excavators haul trucks cranes and machinery. My personal car can give flash codes so no need for an obd acanner and i dont work on other people's car because fuck cars haha small painful shit

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[–] WNichArk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

$100 dollars worth of paperclips to jump pins on my OBD port

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[–] cooopsspace@infosec.pub 2 points 3 years ago

If you're going to have a multimeter or do anything around electricity I'd say a non contact voltage sensor otherwise known as a "death" or "idiot" stick.