"Doug" wrote in message
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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote in message
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Having the right test equipment is essential in working in
the Marine Electronics Field.....

Hmmmm......... The guys that showed me the ropes used a Simpson 260 with
a
battered leather case, an earphone and a wet finger. (Oh, yeah, as you
mentioned, an NE-2 taped to the end of a diddle stick)
Old Chief Lynn, Anacortes Marine Electronics (for 20 years)


I learned it with two fingers and the length/color of the arc.
Old Senior Chief Doug



I saw the results of a MARS operator closing a TR relay in a Henry linear
one time using his fingers. Looked like a bbq hotdog.

+1 on the Simpson 260, digital meters don't see everything.

Andy (aging ETC Ret)