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Testing a fuse with a cellphone.
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Previously:
Fuse replacement guide - photo
High voltage fuse removal tool - photo
Inspecting fuses - GIF
Non-metallic fuse pliers - photo
“smart” use of a cellphone
But does it work????? seems to me to be a pressure based application... Anybody having a supporting comment???
Crazy, but this works, yes! I've run several tests with it this evening. It'll come in handy when the phone is all I've got on me.
Phones use capacitance switches which detect the change in capacitance when the capacitance of a human is connected to the switch. (More on that subject here...Quote:
Originally Posted by BillCameron123
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_switch
so the human must be in electrical contact with the switch to operate it. He is if the fuse is good; if the fuse is open he's not in contact.