🔴 Red/Gray Audible Trouble Shooter by Electronic Specialties - Short Buddy 230 Review

I am giving it 3 stars mainly because it seems a bit cheaply made and when I bought it it was it's winter and very cold. Little buddy doesn't like working in cold weather. I had to tap it to make it work, so it was a chore. When I warmed it up it worked fine, I had to fiddle with it from time to time to get it working properly, but when warm it seemed to work fine.

I recently bought this and used it for the first time. The customer's battery died after the car had stood still for a few days. However, the short was intermittent and sometimes the battery was fine. There was no drain the day I had the car, so I decided to try this remedy. After moving and rewinding the wires throughout the car, I found a short under the instrument panel when moving a few wires. It turned out that the wire was pinched between the dashboard. It's on a 37 year old Ford. In…

I don't know if this electrical diagnostic tool was intended for an intermediate level qualified technician, not a certified do-it -yourselfer, but the tool is invaluable. It does EXACTLY what it says, finds the short! The tool is not lacking in quality. The case is solid, the wires are well soldered. It comes with a blow out case which is VERY IMPORTANT as I would say the tool's only weakness is that it can be damaged if dropped. To fix this I made a temporary bracelet until I could make a…