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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 26886" data-attributes="member: 9">Re: Ebtech HumXOne of the reasons that you meter first every single time, is that YOU are now guessing as to what the problem is and you are making the call based on pure speculation as to what is safe and what is and isn&#039;t going to potentially harm gear or people. Dragging an extension cable from outlet to outlet might be easier, but it&#039;s also much more likely to end up in you plugging in and hurting your gear when you get something really out of whack going on. I also have never tripped a breaker by metering between hot and ground with any of my meters... can you explain what you mean? (honestly.. I&#039;m not being a smart ass, I&#039;m curious as to what I don&#039;t know here and would like to understand your position better).I understand that you just want to get on with the show... But I do believe when you are putting equipment at risk, and potentially people too, it very much IS your job to at least understand the situation with the electrics that you are planning to use. I wouldn&#039;t start doing any repairs.... but knowledge is awesome... and going to the venue to let them know what you have found is often very much appreciated. I have had numerous venues call out an electrician to sort simple problems, after I had metered and written down the wack results for them. I certainly would not want a repeat client who had bad power and did not care enough to investigate further after being notified... thats a BAD client!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 26886, member: 9"] Re: Ebtech HumX One of the reasons that you meter first every single time, is that YOU are now guessing as to what the problem is and you are making the call based on pure speculation as to what is safe and what is and isn't going to potentially harm gear or people. Dragging an extension cable from outlet to outlet might be easier, but it's also much more likely to end up in you plugging in and hurting your gear when you get something really out of whack going on. I also have never tripped a breaker by metering between hot and ground with any of my meters... can you explain what you mean? (honestly.. I'm not being a smart ass, I'm curious as to what I don't know here and would like to understand your position better). I understand that you just want to get on with the show... But I do believe when you are putting equipment at risk, and potentially people too, it very much IS your job to at least understand the situation with the electrics that you are planning to use. I wouldn't start doing any repairs.... but knowledge is awesome... and going to the venue to let them know what you have found is often very much appreciated. I have had numerous venues call out an electrician to sort simple problems, after I had metered and written down the wack results for them. I certainly would not want a repeat client who had bad power and did not care enough to investigate further after being notified... thats a BAD client! [/QUOTE]

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