• momnoon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    An OBD scanner

    A decent flashlight

    A mini screwdriver set

    A multimeter

    An outlet polarity tester

    These immediately come to mind.

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      1 year ago

      If you are not comfortable working with electricity, you shouldn’t be working with electricity. Following, a multimeter and an outlet polarity tester are not really things normal people should have.

      Ok for the rest.

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        1 year ago

        A multimeter is absolutely a good thing to have. Even for small electronics, you can do simple diagnosis like if a wire is broken, if an audio jack fucked, or even if a battery has any charge left.

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        1 year ago

        I am a normal person and use a multimeter all the time to check batteries and fuses.

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        1 year ago

        I hired an electrician to rewire an outlet under my sink so that the switch above the sink can control only one of the two plugs. When he was done, I used the outlet tester and found that he hadn’t properly connected the ground wire. I wasn’t planning on connecting an appliance that needed grounding, but I think every outlet in the house should be grounded anyways as a matter of course. Got him to fix it before he left. That $9 I spent 7 years ago paid off as far as I’m concerned.

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      1 year ago

      The OBD scanner is a big one. That mystery check light is often something simple that an obd code and a quick Google search will often solve.

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      1 year ago

      Im a mechanic and own all ofnthese apart from the obd scanner, but my personal land cruiser produces flash codes along with my motorbikes.

      But this is certainly a great list

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          Yeah heavy diesel plant mechanic though, think excavators haul trucks cranes and machinery. My personal car can give flash codes so no need for an obd acanner and i dont work on other people’s car because fuck cars haha small painful shit

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      1 year ago

      If you’re going to have a multimeter or do anything around electricity I’d say a non contact voltage sensor otherwise known as a “death” or “idiot” stick.