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I recently bought Power Probe III for 99 bucks. It was expensive for hobby but since I started to wire my truck and found and thought I needed a good multimeter instead I bought this one it is indespensible. No searching for grounds, 20FT wire allows you to go around the truck and work and you can use cigrate lighter adapter to power the tool and test your accessories and switches.

I like it a lot and when you guys get chance take a look at it.

Mine has worked well for me. I used it quite a bit working on school buses before I retired. Your imagination is the limiting factor on what you can do with it. It was a good investment.
Jim

I have looked at one of those things, but we really have so little trouble with lights these days, I'm not sure it would get used much. I would probably wind up using it on my jalopies than I would on the trucks I use to make a living.

I have been looking at the pp 111, the ones I have seen run around $135.00, where did you find yours for $99?

Amazon.com is where I got it
LINK TO AMAZON

I dont know today's price is 100.14

Ganesh

I must be missing something, I don't see where that does any thing more than a $3.99 seven function DMM from Harbor Freight can do.
If you want a buzzer for continuity, then splurge and buy the fancy DMM for $19.99, in diode check it beeps, also checks volts, amps, resistance, inductance, capacitance, temperature, and frequency.

Seems like a better use for the buck.

Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

I have very limited knowledge about auto wiring but this is what I found it very useful is that I get proper grounding whereever I test in the ciruit since it is grounded from battery all the time. It can used to powerup some accessories and test if they are working or not, I can check if I have short circuit. I was testing my headlight switch out of the truck powering this tool through cigrate lighter adapter. You can plug this tool into cigrate lighter adapter and power up and test any accessories.

I am working on getting my radio working, using my emergency jump starter which has cigrate lighter adapter, I am testing my radio functions in my home withou being in the truck. I dont think, I can do all that with MMMM.

It is just a convenience.

Ganesh

I think Denny has worked on radios a lot. I used to work on them when they were still tube and chassis. I think that experience makes troubleshooting a lot simpler or us. However, I can see where the Power Probe would be very helpful to a person with limited electronic experience.

I used mine a lot to test heater motors and lights in the back of a bus. It is a lot easier then trying to get power all the way in the back, also you didn't have to worry about getting a good ground.
Jim