On Sun, 2 Aug 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
As a diagnostic tool, it'll probably tell me with
little danger that
a 5150 has +5, +12, -12 and -5 voltages coming out of the power
supply with sufficient accuracy.
And if Marley gets his chompers on it, I won't get too upset.
I would worry about what he might swallow, and keep him well supplied with
safer chew toys. Fortunately, when Mac was that age, he was much more
interested in my shoes than tools.
They are one of the very few tools that I own that I will let neighbors,
or even cow-orkers, borrow.
But, I would use one of my Tripplett's (sp?) instead if I were testing
mains wiring.
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