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Unpopular opinion: Digital multimeters take the skill out of troubleshooting
Reading analog scales taught me more about circuits than any screen ever could.
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joel6037mo ago
Get this for sure. Analog meters were a pain but taught you everything. Digital feels like having the answers in the back of the book.
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knight.val7mo ago
Totally get that. You had to actually understand the circuit. Now you just trust the number, which is kinda sad but also way faster.
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fisher.grant7mo ago
Yeah, you really had to learn how the circuit worked to even guess the reading. Now with digital, you can miss a failing part because the number looks fine, even when the signal is totally ragged. It makes troubleshooting too clean sometimes.
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