Spent a whole shift chasing a phantom comms fault on a G280

It was a single pin in a D-sub connector that had backed out just enough to lose contact intermittently. Took me 8 hours of tracing and swapping boxes before I found it with a magnifier. Anyone have a better method for checking those connectors under the panel?

PSA: A new guy asked me why we still carry a tone generator in 2024.

I was showing a kid fresh out of training my truck setup in Portland, and he pointed at my old Pro3000 and said 'isn't that what the app does now?' I had to admit I haven't actually powered it on since maybe 2019. What's the oldest piece of gear you still keep in your kit just in case?

Just realized that $400 digital governor tester was a complete waste for my shop

Our building only has traction elevators from the 80s, and the thing can't even interface with the old relay logic. I'm back to using the manual tach and a stopwatch. Anyone else find modern diagnostic gear useless on older systems?

My home energy bill dropped 40% after I finally stopped listening to the 'smart thermostat' hype and went back to basics.