Minimum Test Bench Equipment

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Garey Barrell" <k4oah at mindspring.com>

> Neil -
>
> OK.  And how do you check for the presence of voltage?  With
> a wet finger, or just short the terminal with the
> screwdriver and gauge by the size of the spark?  :-)

A friend of mine had been trying to fix an old tube radio receiver
for a few months with a multimeter. I turned it on, noted the total
lack of sound along with the fact that the heaters were working. I
used the screw driver to zap the B+ to ground from the multi section
cap. I found one point with no voltage, fed by a WW resistor from a
point that did have B+. I shorted out the resistor with the pliers
and the radio came to life. Problem solved in 2 minutes.

> I'd like to have a VOM in addition to your two items.

I have all the toys too, but over the years I learned that it's the
brain that counts.

Neil

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