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Spent $400 on a thermal imager for intermittent faults
It paid for itself in two weeks by finding a bad connector on a G1000 bus that was heating up under load. What other tools have you guys bought that ended up being worth way more than the price tag?
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felixt319d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly, the cheap stuff is sometimes the real hero. I grabbed a basic borescope for like sixty bucks to look inside walls and it's saved me so many wild guesses. That little camera finds problems you'd never see otherwise.
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john_flores9d ago
True, but I'd call that borescope more than just basic, it's a legit diagnostic tool. The cheap part is just the price, not what it can do. That thing finds the exact spot you need to fix.
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Grabbed a cheap power quality meter after chasing phantom voltage drops for a month. That little screen showed a dirty sine wave from a failing UPS that was cooking control boards. Found the root cause in ten minutes.
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