Talking to a new hire about old test gear

I was showing a kid fresh out of school the shop last week. He pointed at our old B&K 2120 signal generator on the bench and asked, 'What's that for?' I told him we used to trace faults with it for hours. He just said, 'Seems slow.' It hit me that he's never known a time without digital fault codes and built-in tests. The whole job used to be about chasing a signal, not just reading a screen. Anyone else feel like that hands-on puzzle solving is becoming a lost skill?

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shaneb166mo ago

Wait, he found a fault just by listening? That's wild. You really can't replace that kind of feel for the work.

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eva_ross6mo ago

My buddy found a whole fault by listening to a capacitor once, no screen needed.

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eva_ross6mo ago

Been there, heard that exact sound myself lol.

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