Vent: 12 years doing continuity checks by ear before it clicked

I spent over a decade using a multimeter with just the beep function thinking it was fine for checking wire bundles. Then last Tuesday an old Gulfstream wiring diagram showed a specific resistance range, not just a dead short or open. Anybody else have a moment where you realized you were skipping a whole layer of test data?

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the_viola2d ago

Whoa wait, hold on. 12 years? That's wild. I honestly can't believe you never cracked open the manual or looked at a diagram that spelled out the ohms. I've only been doing this for like 4 years and even I know you have to check for high resistance on old aircraft wiring. Those corrosion problems show up as a few extra ohms, not just a dead short. A good beep is a good beep, but a bad connection can still make a weak beep. That must have been a real gut punch when you finally saw the specific range on that diagram.

bell.felix2d ago

Yeah, a weak beep is still a beep. You'd think after 12 years you'd chase that down.

grantw322d ago

Eh, I dunno, seems a bit overblown to me.