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I thought those cheap fiber optic testers from the online marketplace were junk until a hangar fire drill.
We had a surprise drill at the Phoenix base last month and the main comms line went down, so I grabbed a $40 tester from my bag as a last resort. It pinpointed a broken splice in the overhead cable run in under two minutes, saving us a huge headache. What's one tool you doubted that actually saved your skin on the line?
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lopez.brooke12d ago
My old boss used to call my knockoff cable certifier a toy. That same "toy" found a nasty impedance mismatch in a new hospital wing last Tuesday, right before their inspection. Sometimes the cheap stuff just works.
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knight.drew13d ago
Actually read a forum post about those bargain bin toner probes. The guy swore his cheap one found a break in a bundle when the fancy Fluke couldn't isolate it. Makes you reconsider what's actually junk.
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