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Originally Posted by Dave A
Don't laugh at me but I used that system once to find a short in a Mack truck that we had spent hours on. Worked rather quickly....once the smoke cleared I found the short. Fixed it, everybody was happy until I told them how I found the short. The boss got kind of excited, said I could have burnt the truck up. Are they expensive??
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Originally Posted by Johnynorthland
Lol, if you can’t find the short, smoke it out! I actually worked as an auto tech,(back in the day they called us mechanics ), and I worked with a guy that use to over fuse problems to smoke out a wire if he couldn’t find the issue! One time he melted an entire harness! Nut job!
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A solid blade cutout (line fuse) door does the same trick for electric grid power distribution "troubleshooting" .
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