On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 06:19:13 -0800, ggherold wrote:

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 9:03:11 AM UTC-5, Cursitor Doom wrote:
Given the shortcomings of low power battery testers/meters for checking
certain components that typically run at considerably higher working
voltages where any fault may only become apparent, has anyone any
thoughts on the utility, or otherwise, of these devices?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Transistor...cer-Component-
Tracker-
Tester-Probes-BNC-Cables-/161294643173?
hash=item258de8efe5:m:miccP4BhvzYiDpcErFn7FDw

Never used one.. but it says octopus. I recall this curve tracer that a
navy tech showed me once. A couple of transformers and R's..

Google octopus curve tracer and maybe you'll end up building on of your
own.

George H.

Thanks. I wouldn't have thought there was much to these things,
especially since they rely on an external scope display. I'm just curious
as to how useful they are compared to more common test kit.