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Old 02-07-2013, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes View Post
We had an "electronics technician" ?. He was given a simple job to test a batch of capacitors for shorts. Half an hour later he brought them back and said they were all shorted.

He worked on a metal topped bench and his way of testing was to press the meter prods onto the capacitor ends on the bench!

Barry
I simple bit of insulation could have avoided that. Put a piece of shrink-wrap on one of the probes and you will never get another short.
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