"Cursitor Doom" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 06:24:46 -0600, Mark Zacharias wrote:

I keep a home made "octopus curve tracer" (two-lead type) on a
dedicated scope for the past 30+ years.

Absolutely WOULD NOT be without it.

Instantaneously find one bad amp channel out of many, very quick checks
of capacitance, inductance, resistance, diodes, fets, transistors, etc.

And it's capable of testing these components at their intended working
voltages and currents? This seems to be the main shortcoming with almost
all the small battery powered testers.


Mine uses a 6.3v AC transformer so no attempt is made to operate devices
under load.

mz