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A retired tech in Phoenix said he still uses a multimeter for 80% of his calls, which made me reconsider my diagnostic tablet.
After hearing that, I spent a day leaving my tablet in the van and found I actually diagnosed a noisy Maytag washer and a Samsung fridge not cooling faster by just methodically checking components the old-school way.
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kim.nina1mo ago
That "methodically checking components" part is key. It forces you to understand the actual problem instead of just following a flowchart. I've started doing the same thing and it cuts through the noise.
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Methodically checking components" sounds like a full day's work.
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jakewhite1mo ago
Man, that's it exactly... @kim.nina nailed it with the flowchart thing. The tablet gives you a single path, but the meter shows you the whole map. You start chasing a code and miss the simple bad connection or the failing capacitor right next to it. My brain just works through the problem better when I'm touching the parts and seeing the numbers myself. It turns a guessing game back into a straight up fix.
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