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Thought I was wasting money on a capacitor tester until a dryer call proved me wrong
I always figured those $60 capacitor testers were a gimmick. But last Tuesday in Austin I had a dryer that wouldn't start and the multimeter said the run cap was fine. Out of curiosity I broke out the cheap tester I got on clearance and it showed microfarads way below spec. Swapped the cap and the thing fired right up. Anyone else find a tool they thought was useless that actually saved your butt?
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miabennett13d agoProlific Poster
Nah, a decent multimeter would've caught that if you knew what you were looking at.
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barnes.shane11d ago
Used to think a cheap one was fine until it missed a short that fried my buddy's alternator.
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