Appreciation post: The time a customer's kid pointed out my multimeter setting

I was checking a control board on a Frigidaire range, convinced it was a bad 5 volt rail, and had my Fluke set to AC volts for about twenty minutes. The homeowner's ten year old son, who was watching, just asked 'why is it on the squiggly line, mister?'. Ever have a simple oversight like that make you double check your whole routine?

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murphy.tessa13d ago

Damn, that kid just saved you from a whole lot of wasted time.

jamieb8013d ago

Yeah @murphy.tessa, I just started asking "what's the catch" early on and it filters things out fast.

phoenix_lewis13d ago

That's a great story. It makes you wonder how many times we miss the simple stuff because we're looking for the complicated fix. Do you have a standard double-check step in your process now, like always verifying the meter setting before you start? I've started tapping the leads together first just to hear the beep.