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Hot take: I finally gave in and bought a proper thermal camera for my shop.
For years I just used the old 'touch test' and guessed at overheating parts. Last month I spent $300 on a basic FLIR One for my phone. I used it on a gaming PC that kept shutting down, and it instantly showed a hot spot on a voltage regulator that was totally hidden under the heatsink. I replaced it and the system's been stable for two weeks now. Anyone else find a specific tool that changed how you diagnose things?
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aaron8455mo ago
Notice how @clairethompson's story shows the right tool just cuts through the guesswork.
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clairethompson5mo ago
Watched my buddy struggle with an old car stereo that kept cutting out. He spent weeks swapping speakers and checking wires, getting nowhere. I mean, he was about to rip the whole dash apart. Then he borrowed one of those cheap circuit testers that lights up. He poked around and found a bad ground connection in like ten minutes, a spot he never would have thought to look. It was just a simple tool, but it totally changed his whole approach to electrical gremlins.
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