I have one of these they are the bees knees. They will pay for themselves in one job because it literally takes you to the broken wire or shorted wire. Bodyshop owner 35 years.
This tool did help me the 1st time I used it. 2001 dodge ram: fuse for OBD-II, interior lights, etc. was shorted. I bought this tool, plugged the power probe into the shorted circuit. And It did find a shorted wire under the carpet. Previous owner drilled holes into the floor for some mount and drilled right into wires. I fixed the bad wires and problem solved. I was amazed. Though, since then any other issues the tool wasn't helpful. I have a new short to troubleshoot so lets see how it goes.
Power Probe ECT 3000. I had a short to ground connection that caused the fuse to blow for the fuel gauge in my 1979 Jeep CJ7. The receiver could not trace this grounded wire that was inside a loom bundle running from the fuse panel over the steering wheel underneath the dash panel. I wasted my money.
I bought one. Its a great tool. The only thing is, that if you disconnect the battery from the electrical system of your car, the receiver will not work proper. You have to let the plus- and minusconnector on the battery. Than it works proper. Take the Fuse out and put the one golden pin in the damaged fuse entrance. So it will work excellent. Also the deepscan!
its really designed for simple circuits, but if its a simple circuit unless you are SIMPLE you can find most shorts pretty fast. i recently had a FI fuse keep blowing well the load side of the fuse branched off to about 20 different components that could be causing a short, this thing was absolutely useless in resolving that issue.
this tool will not tracker deep wires under carpet. it only works if you are only close to the wire. so not help full very confuse when using it. harbor freight wire tracker works much fast and better .
I have one of these they are the bees knees. They will pay for themselves in one job because it literally takes you to the broken wire or shorted wire. Bodyshop owner 35 years.
This tool did help me the 1st time I used it. 2001 dodge ram: fuse for OBD-II, interior lights, etc. was shorted. I bought this tool, plugged the power probe into the shorted circuit. And It did find a shorted wire under the carpet. Previous owner drilled holes into the floor for some mount and drilled right into wires. I fixed the bad wires and problem solved. I was amazed. Though, since then any other issues the tool wasn't helpful. I have a new short to troubleshoot so lets see how it goes.
Power Probe ECT 3000. I had a short to ground connection that caused the fuse to blow for the fuel gauge in my 1979 Jeep CJ7. The receiver could not trace this grounded wire that was inside a loom bundle running from the fuse panel over the steering wheel underneath the dash panel. I wasted my money.
I bought one. Its a great tool. The only thing is, that if you disconnect the battery from the electrical system of your car, the receiver will not work proper. You have to let the plus- and minusconnector on the battery. Than it works proper. Take the Fuse out and put the one golden pin in the damaged fuse entrance. So it will work excellent. Also the deepscan!
This tool blows!!!!! It has never worked for me in the dozen times I have tried it!!!!
its really designed for simple circuits, but if its a simple circuit unless you are SIMPLE you can find most shorts pretty fast. i recently had a FI fuse keep blowing
well the load side of the fuse branched off to about 20 different components that could be causing a short, this thing was absolutely useless in resolving that issue.
What if you don't have a total fault? I have a tire that has 54k ohms of resistance.
Very informative. Thank you.
Do these concepts carry over well to the ETC 3000 model of wire tracer?
@Henrik Cyrus
No. No one gives a damn about being an incel pervert.
@Gus Remington
Oh look. Two spam accounts created within 24hrs of each other... shocker...
Scotty Kilmer sent me here.
Where I can buy it? I stay in Myanmar .Can you tell me how to get the ECT2000.
this tool will not tracker deep wires under carpet.
it only works if you are only close to the wire.
so not help full very confuse when using it.
harbor freight wire tracker works much fast and better .
with the harbor freight one you have to go into the wire right?
Where I can buy it?
Etc3000 on Amazon.
That's easy when you have a couple of wires but when you have a bundle of wire then everything changes
True. Mine failed to trace the shorted to ground wire in a wire harness.
@@jimfesta8981 That's exactly what happened to me
Most people put a link to where we can buy the product....
45 years experience....I wish I had a nickel for all the times this tool wastes my time.
whats so bad about it?
Junk. It's a gimmick. It doesn't work worth s damn on vehicles. Works OK on trailers but they are easy to find anyway