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Six months in and I just realized I was using my multimeter wrong
Ngl I've been checking continuity on dryer thermostats by touching the leads directly to the terminals, but a old timer on a job site pointed out I should be testing with the part still in the circuit to get accurate readings. Turns out I replaced three perfectly good thermostats last month because I thought they were open. Has anyone else had a basic tool habit flip their troubleshooting upside down?
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zarag171d ago
Learned something new today.
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casey2681d ago
Wait, you replaced three perfectly good thermostats? That's brutal man. I'd be sick if I found out I wasted money like that. @zarag17 is right, you definitely learned something new today, but that's a costly lesson. I've done similar stuff with testing capacitors, just thought they were bad because my meter was set wrong and I wasn't reading them right. It's wild how one small habit can make you chase ghosts for weeks. Hope you didn't toss those old parts, at least they might still work as spares.
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grantc801d ago
Three thermostats at 40 bucks each is what, 120 bucks? That's a cheap lesson compared to chasing a bad wire for a week and burning out a compressor.
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