Meter eater! lol

Yet, when reading on forums about meter robustness, there's a lot of links to Joe's videos, so I think they get their moneys worth. Pretty awesome that they are confident enough to send him the units as well.

I think in part it is because I have continued to stay in contact with them and they like how the tests are conducted and the data presented.

Don't underestimate the quality of the viewers on this channel. One can bet that other electronics KZfaq channels will be watching this channel, and a lot of the other viewers may be influential in other ways too.

Your welcome. The only thing I really don't like about the meter is that it doesn't store ALL of the settings and the defaults are not the engines I would normally use it with. It's a good little meter otherwise. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q79mjcZ6s6ybfGQ.html

Good idea. I've though about using break cleaner as well.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Congratulations.

Jack, not need to scream. In a recent video, you may have noticed me riding my bike that's painted with an American flag. There is another video I made showing one of my old scopes decoding their serial data. Link below, maybe around half way through you can see inside the trailer. I run the engines during this video but the camera mic is not real good. I thought about running them when playing with these automotive meters but it gets pretty loud and winter is starting up. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/np-gnNuU3pmrf4k.html

I guessed that it was you showing the motorcycle at the beginning of one of the videos. Very nice! What kind of E.T. in the ¼?

high 7's 160 plus with 25ish PSIG boost on gasoline.

Wow! Yep, that'll do! Haha!

Fastest I've gone is low 9s and that was in the passenger seat...

In this video's description, there is a link to the data I have collected. In there you will find data for the Innova branded meter I looked at.

You are correct, that Cen-Tech meter was not damaged with the chemicals I used but the ANENG was. I repeated the ANENG because it was the only one that had problems the first time I tried this test.

For an all around tool maybe Snap-on's MODIS. If you read through the comments, Fluke offers a DMM that a few people recommend. I don't have any experience with it.

Everyone should have an HIL simulator on their desk! Why? Because I can! lol. Really, I was playing with their code.

If you have never purchased a standard, they offer them for a more reasonable price. www.evs.ee/?language=en-US

I'll be sure and let you know when my virtual setup catches fire.

@@joesmith-je3tq Ha ha, well, that's not going to happen, at least, not on the bike one, unless I missed something. Extra question: The MSD based rig with the real sparks that you acid test your electronics with - is that CDI? If so that's the ultimate acid test and WAY worse than normal ignition :-D

@@fredio54 Yes, CD. See: www.mpsracing.com/products/msd/ig02a.asp HIL simulator uses a stock ECM but the loads are simulated. The ignition coil load is actually a single pot core with a secondary. This allows me to trip one of the ECM fault codes. Video for the All-Sun may be found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8VobNSgq7PNpps.html

@@joesmith-je3tq Oh wow, so my initial statement is flat out totally wrong and that 8ms is a factory dwell at low RPM? Incredible that they do that to the coils. I get that the duty cycle becomes very low but at the same time the heat generated after saturation when the coil becomes a dead short is massive and quickly gets out of control. Very interesting. Thanks. And yeah, CDI is a problem for standalone and OEM ECUs in cars, too, sometimes, as are solid non-resistive spark plug leads - both create horrendous interference/radiation. The fact that they work okay relatively close to that is a good thing IMO, I wouldn't expect much to keep working up close to that.

@@fredio54 I guess you didn't understand any of what I wrote about pot cores and such. In basic terms, that simulator does not have stock ignition coils inside. Of course, all of my electronics to drive the MSD as well as the MSD ignition itself run fine under these conditions. What doesn't work well is anything on the USB bus.