Recent content by emoze

have had mine many yrs - great when ya need it - X2 on post #4 & #8 - used mine a lot to get Porsche engines onto an engine stand & even used it to lift new windows into install position on the house

the THINKCAR brand seems to be relatively new on market - COSTCO is selling a couple versions the M70 & the Platinum 8 - i can't find any actual detail what these will scan for - ? e.g., can any of their products read Honda B-CAN ? or similar body circuit info for other brands

pretty good summary of the processes involved; i have ordered a self-contained Uni-T 210E pro similar to your old craftsman just as an experiment to see if it will provide usable quick results reasonably close to direct in-series measurements with my Fluke; .(if it turns out to be useful, i'll...

agreed - i only wanted to clamp on individual wires - 'yep - know about the honda door lock issues - tearing off all 4 door panels to check those is a last resort i was hoping to avoid (already replaced one lock assy, but that one was easy to diagnose ) - i still have to do the DTC diagnosis &...

thanks - i was originally dealing with a 'too high' parasite draw, but well under the meter's current capacity - my self induced problem was in trying to come up with alternative to disconnecting the battery & upsetting the computer & the back-ups & waiting for it all to reset whilst trying to...

thanks - saves me $500! the question of various clamp measuring scales/output has me puzzled - need more education on that - ? which is the most sensitive & useful clamp output scale for mV to mA conversion readout? Innova's 1mV/A or 1mV/100mA; AES's 10mV/A or 100mV/A ??? - seems like...

thanks - per another similar recommendation i just ordered the UniT pro

thanks to all for the education - i have been studying the accuracy-vs-range-vs-resolution issue - i am admittedly a novice on this topic Maybe an ANSWER - the newer 88V has a HiRes 4-1/2 digit mode on almost all scales vs my old 88 which is HiRes for ohms only (but still the maybe problematic...

thanks to all for the education - i have been studying the accuracy-vs-range-vs-resolution issue - i am admittedly a novice on this topic Maybe an ANSWER - the newer 88V has a HiRes 4-1/2 digit mode on almost all scales vs my old 88 which is HiRes for ohms only (but still the maybe problematic...

great comments above from y'all who use these things regularly - many thanks - :) 'yep - touching the leads together halts the fluctuation on mV - will also try the twisted leads idea - haven't tried the other scales yet this was never a "problem" { until i tried using the meter with an...

NO THEY CAN'T - WON'T - too old - they offered a 20% discount on a new 88V; it was re-calibrated in 2014

terrific advice & knowledge !!!(y) sure enuf - if i touch the leads on mV per another post-er - the fluctuations go away - when i use the 88 in series i read 22mA draw on my current parasite gremlin issue, but using the clamp gets me anywhere from 1.8-5.3 mV reading (before conversion) which...

good point - thing is i'm not sure if the 88 is still accurate - no way to verify/test it vs comparing to another decent meter & i don't have easy access to other garages or mechanics due to my rural location https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/dmm-accuracy-question.496541/#post-9545300

consensus seems to be that amp-clamps are about worthless! (unless maybe very expensive ones ) here is an interesting idea from u-tube comments section "Amp clamps are often not very accurate. They usually measure rounded to 1/10th of an amp at best. A trick I learned a long time ago to...

thanks - had not seen the South Main video before - good stuff to keep in the bookmarks toolbox