blown fuse, purchase more and fuse detection
i got my pokit a few weeks back and its been of great use, i used it to probe an airsoft mosphet system between the battery and terminal to find the current draw, it would apear that it was too much as it blew the fuse (and apparently the msphet too as it now wont behave :-/ ) wither way the pokit suddenly wasnt responfding to probng but was still connecting ect. i took out the fuse and it behaved the same way (the fuse is also now bue, cant remember if it was like that before) either way im going to assume the fuse is blown and that the fuse does not turn the devie off, just the probes. in this case would it be possible that if the system detected absolutly no probed current or vltage thanks to the fuse being gone that the app would tell you (instead of just displaying 0.7mv) and i would also know where i could get more spare fuses?
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Hi Alex,
We will forward your request to our team and see if there is a way to automatically detect a blown fuse. The easiest way to do this would be to put it on continuity mode and short the wires. If Pokit displays INF, it is because the fuse was blown.
We shipped Pokits with 2 fuses, you should have one spare in your box!
Fuses will be available for purchase from our new store on Wednesday and will be shipping within 2 days.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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Installed my spare and it's all sorted but I wanna grab a bunch more in case, the blow fuse is easy to see once you know it's causes but initially it just makes the device look Frozen and also since it's on u might assume it's not blown
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That's awesome news, Alex.
Yes, I understand what you mean. But the fuse is not fusing the battery and the device's power. It is fusing the probes and input current. Like a normal multimeter, if you blow the 10A fuse, the device still works it just doesn't measure anything.
We'll try and see how we can do an automatic blown fuse detection. It sounds like it is going to be very very challenging though.
Cheers,
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I have observed when working you get a nominal fluctuation in the mV range but don't when the fuse is blown, could this be used, say if constant unwavering low voltage for a certain period could ping a notification saying "device not working? Check fuse" doesn't need to be a 100% strike rate just something like a tip for first time fuse poppers
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