I had a car from three different shops, they all replace egr components. Never bothered to check continuity at the valve, that tool found the break for me in a minute. Made another customer for life
I’ve got the ECT3000 and a power probe IV All works really well having said that nine times out of 10 wiring problems can be diagnosed with the wiggle test because is usually a connector combined with a visual inspection and for those one times out of 10 it’s something weird in the circuit the circuit breaker finder is outstanding use it successfully once and it’s paid for itself on first use via time and hassle and headache and frustration savings.....
I literally just a Power Probe 3 Master Kit a week ago. Can't wait to use it! I have heard nothing but great things about these kits, and how they are worth every penny.
Good video I have they same kit. It works great especially on trailers looking for that elusive broken abs wire or tail light wire. Makes finding them faster just by taking the time to hook it up vs hunting and probing with a test light or volt meter.
I have something like this. It saved me thousands and thousands of dollars for one of our Volvo 6x6 off road trucks. Volvo service wanted to charge us a wholeeeee new wiring harness.
Awesome man, did you get a copy of my tool wish list or something?!!? I saved this video, very simple explanation and demonstration. I dont get why people make these videos seem so complicated with all the extra dialogue in them, lets see more videos like this! =)
Hey JRC54 hope youre well and i have the ect3000 but havent had any luck using it. Hope you upgrade soon and make a video i always end up using my meter or my pp4 for short finding. Great video thanks
I’ve seen those a few times but I’ve never worked with someone who had one or had used one so I didn’t know if they were any good. Looks like I’m gonna have to head to the tool store on Monday.
I think you will find that the transmitter produces either a radio frequency or an ultrasonic signal for the receiver to pick up. It is not a DC voltage I am certain.
Is that kit an updated version ? I bought the master power probe kit years ago, and that came with it . I never had any real success using it . The best thing I think is that long extension lead , I can hook on end to battery negative for a scope ground under the car . Ha Ha ! I liked the video by the way . Keep up the good stuff !
I've not had good luck with tools like this. It would work OK if the wire was completely broken. But, what usually happens is the wire is corroded or partially broken and it cannot carry a load, but it can still carry the tiny amount of current used by the transmitter. That creates a false positive reading.
For those corroded wires I use the uscope or the power probe hook it has a load test function then you can just isolate the issue. With the uscope I do the wiggle test
Why not put the backprobe into the pin in the connector instead of putting a hole in the wire? Other than that good video. I've been looking at it for awhile but been having trouble justifying the cost, but I think I'll have to save up the money.
Perhaps a "one one size fits all" sub harness practice of keeping manufacturing / production costs down the stuff an ideal length from one model into a smaller frame model.
Dude i have this tool and i dont even know how to use it and im dealing with a headlight issue on my volvo rn one headlight has no power and when i pass it power with the power probe the headlight works. I will use the ect2000 to find the problem thanks !!
Not really. I love the load pro, but the load pro just tells you that the circuit has a problem, the ect 3000 shows you specifically where the break is. Both tools do completely different things
good tool, but it has issues.....like 30 sec shut-off time of inactivity... I promise you if you spend the 124.00 on the ect3000(upgraded/newer unit) you will never use this one again.....give-a-way...im not knocking ya but I was kinda shocked you didn't research first and knew there was a newer unit....I had this one and once I got the ect3000 I gave the ect2000 away to someone who can deal with it....the newer one is so much better...10 mins on time better sensitivity.....but thanks for showing what it does....
Tool is awesome , demo is shit , it does send voltage it send frequency , also it says right in manual to isolate the circuit you are working on since it can give you a false short or open signal.
I'm sure you ment to put "the demo was the shit". Kinda hard to isolate a circuit when its in a huge wire loom. I checked the transponder it's sends a small voltage and picks it up on the receiver as a frequency is what I assume.
So you sent voltage to the computer if and when the broken wire was touching! Fry a computer and no bueno! I say disconnect your computer. Especially if you know the wire is going directly to the computer, which he knew, luckily the wire stayed broken !
If you are told that you need a computer for your car because the sensors do not work anymore, think again. These sensors are mostly 2 and three-wire circuits. They are generating some kind of signals for the computer to read and make decisions with. With the proper knowledge of how sensors work and what they do you can save yourself considerable money. The "cheapo" 500 to 1000 dollar cars that have electrical problems are not that hard to fix. All the wiring gets brittle and can be the victims of rodents because they started to put soy-derived oils in the wiring insulation. If you got 5 volts from the computer that does not reach the sensor, you can save yourself the trouble of chasing wiring with a signal generator and receiver by just making a jump wire from the computer to the sensor. If your computer has not got 5 volts from the designated pin you can go get it from somewhere else. You can also get your grounds from the computer chassis. If you have an intermittent hot from the computer just get rid of it, it is dangerous. The signal wire can be replaced too. Just replace the wires and make sure to use power and grounds from the computer hot wires. If you take a two-stranded thin wire and run it from computer+5v and ground to the power and ground of the sensor and you can measure the signal from the sensor wire back at the computer you just made a circuit to fix your problem. It is not that hard and we do not need to be afraid of it.
I’m not a mechanic, and this makes sense but I’m curious, how do you that? You’ve got for example a connector with 32 pins, how do you access that 5v signal without unplugging? Back-probe it somehow? On my Jeep I have 5v at sensors, when unplugged the pin in PCM has 1v. So I’m just trying to understand what your process is. Maybe it’s simple when you have more experience
@@2tallB You basically go to "UA-cam University" and also research the problem on search engines. If you don't get answers right off the bat, try changing the way you ask the question. It is not that hard and yes you back probe looking for the 5 volts you need. There is always someone else who had the problem out there.
@@andrewdomenitzdmd There was one sentence in that that was helpful. Thanks for that. Because clearly, in case you didn't notice, I AM on the internet researching things. lol
For intermittent faults especially you must physically move ,pull up / aside sub harnesses to look for chaffing rub through on the loom. It is very advantageous to narrow down & pinpoint the near or precise point of the break before disturbing the harness. Another example is If you have a double axle float, boat trailer or an RV you can easily find the break in the tail light circuit if replacing a bulb doesn't fix the light out problem.
Not really. You'd have to keep poking into the wire to take measurements. You can start at connectors to narrow down a section but this would certainly save time. Especially the 3000 which shows you the direction to move in. And the wiggle test is great but can also make it tough to find sometimes.
Matt Harradine you don’t poke wires with a meter. 🙄 you get the right ends and plug them into the plugs or you back probe the plug..watch some videos and learn something
I had a car from three different shops, they all replace egr components. Never bothered to check continuity at the valve, that tool found the break for me in a minute. Made another customer for life
Love those jobs where we look like a hero to the customer.
I’ve got the ECT3000 and a power probe IV
All works really well
having said that nine times out of 10 wiring problems can be diagnosed with the wiggle test because is usually a connector combined with a visual inspection and for those one times out of 10 it’s something weird in the circuit the circuit breaker finder is outstanding
use it successfully once and it’s paid for itself on first use via time and hassle and headache and frustration savings.....
I literally just a Power Probe 3 Master Kit a week ago. Can't wait to use it! I have heard nothing but great things about these kits, and how they are worth every penny.
It worth every ounce every penny . But if you don't have money DIYer then just an Harbor Freight Cable tracker about $25 would do sufficient jobs .
I'm digging the tools in action, I've been debating on getting this tool but after seeing how well it works I'm sold.
Thanks..Link to it in video description.
I love my power probe
Thank you. I'm a new class 8 tech and your videos are the meat and potato knowledge I need.
What impresses me besides the tool is that behemoth of a tool chest in the background at the very beginning. Wow!
Great vid showing how the tool can be used to solve real problems. We saw the usage, proof of problem. Can’t get better than that.
Great demonstration on the power probe circuit finder bro. That tool makes life a whole lot easier!
I gotta get the new power probe version.
Good video I have they same kit. It works great especially on trailers looking for that elusive broken abs wire or tail light wire. Makes finding them faster just by taking the time to hook it up vs hunting and probing with a test light or volt meter.
That one definitely comes in handy. I gotta look into the newer version power probe makes ect3000.
Definitely a tool add to the electrical drawer! Just ordered the ect300b, great video!!
I have the power probe master kit with power probe 3 it has that in it and I have used I a couple of times nice time saver. Awesome content video!
SOME TOOLS DEFINITELY HAVE THERE PLACE AND ARE WORTH THE MONEY!
GREAT VIDEOS - the heat cycles and that bend with zip ties is a mess for sure.
I have something like this. It saved me thousands and thousands of dollars for one of our Volvo 6x6 off road trucks. Volvo service wanted to charge us a wholeeeee new wiring harness.
Great video, great break down of how to use, and you even use a job for demonstration. Def sold!
Ok I’m buying this kit. I actually just bought 3 days ago the green PP3EZ
Been looking at getting this tool for a while. Nice demonstration, thank you.
Great video, now I know how to use my power probe.
Great video, I always wanted to see it in action...
I love my power probe 4 master kit
excellent video cool tool shown in use. Good camera angles and explanation. thumbs up , thanks JC
Thank you😁
EXCELLENT TOOL FOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUITS OR SHORTS IN WIRES !
That’s slick! I didn’t know they made one like that.
Great demonstration of the ect2000 model
Awesomeness!! That looks like a diagnostic must have!
Wow, great job! Loved this video! 👍🏻
I just bought one these last week good bit of kit
Bought one but haven't use it. Thanks for the study
Awesome man, did you get a copy of my tool wish list or something?!!? I saved this video, very simple explanation and demonstration. I dont get why people make these videos seem so complicated with all the extra dialogue in them, lets see more videos like this! =)
Just remember I had the same tool list you have when I started. It's definitely a great tool. The newer version of it is ect3000
I enjoyed the video, great job. One thing I don’t understand is how you condemned the cheap mass air flow sensor with a broken wire.
It was a no name from Amazon customer told me. 21$ for a maf sensor is cheap. I told him you get what you pay for.
Got that with the master pp3 kit, have yet to use it, but gonna start learning it now. Super easy
I’ve bin a Nissan mechanic for 18 years. Our harnesses have always bin routed too tight resulting in issues like this!
Hey JRC54 hope youre well and i have the ect3000 but havent had any luck using it. Hope you upgrade soon and make a video i always end up using my meter or my pp4 for short finding. Great video thanks
I’ve seen those a few times but I’ve never worked with someone who had one or had used one so I didn’t know if they were any good. Looks like I’m gonna have to head to the tool store on Monday.
Use the Amazon link in video description. It helps👍😁
What I'm wondering is is the ECU Okay with the 3v because sometimes we're following the signal wires that are directly connected to the ECU
Great tool, good tool in use video, loved the video, getting one asap.💯💯💯👌✊🙌
Thanks, use the link when ur ready to buy👍
Awesome work
The tool is a time saver.
I believe the tool emits a radio signal and voltage. That's why you can trace the wire in a harness.
Awesome tool to have !! Il have to look into getting 1 thanks for the video!!
Great tools in action Another one I have to buy
Exselete diagnostic. Amigo nice video
Nice Job . Great Tool .
Thanks for the vide0
I have a p0114, will a power probe find the problem?
Very nice thanks for sharing your great advice with us
Dude.... sold!!!
That voltage gun is nice
Great video! Very impressed with the tool and the way you explained it to us.
My power probe 4 master kit came with the ect3000
Bro i baught that same kit but have had trouble using the ect 3000, ive tried using it looking for shorts but that signal is just all over the wiring
@@electrosport2470 I would contact power probe I havent had any problems with my 3000 tester
@@AntonioClaudioMichael i sure will bud thanks and hope you are well 🤝
@@electrosport2470 I am doing very well thanks for asking 🤝
Nice and sold!
Great video bro, this is one of those priceless tools!
I think you will find that the transmitter produces either a radio frequency or an ultrasonic signal for the receiver to pick up. It is not a DC voltage I am certain.
That's one good fookin tool
Thank you
That's a cool tool there
Is that kit an updated version ? I bought the master power probe kit years ago, and that came with it . I never had any real success using it . The best thing I think is that long extension lead , I can hook on end to battery negative for a scope ground under the car . Ha Ha ! I liked the video by the way . Keep up the good stuff !
It's actually the older version. The newer version is ect3000
Awesome video. I need to get me 1 of those
I've not had good luck with tools like this. It would work OK if the wire was completely broken. But, what usually happens is the wire is corroded or partially broken and it cannot carry a load, but it can still carry the tiny amount of current used by the transmitter. That creates a false positive reading.
For those corroded wires I use the uscope or the power probe hook it has a load test function then you can just isolate the issue. With the uscope I do the wiggle test
If unsure put a resistive load at the end of the circuit. The corrosion will be where the receiver stops receiving.
Great vid dude
I have always lucked out with out buying that. How ever I have been looking at something like that for doing network so I have the ability to do more
Are u coming down with some sickness?😂 great how to buddy
Basically it’s just power probes version of a fault finder I’ve owned the Mac one and it sucked I’ll have to try this one
Did you Isolate that circuit?
Great video
How is it working now?
Why not put the backprobe into the pin in the connector instead of putting a hole in the wire?
Other than that good video. I've been looking at it for awhile but been having trouble justifying the cost, but I think I'll have to save up the money.
Good stuff bro!
power probe ftw
I am trying to find the things you use in this video for my dad
Wow didn't know nissian did that. What was the reason for that. Incase you pull on the wire ?
I think they do it to make it look neat. Or to mount the harness
Perhaps a "one one size fits all" sub harness practice of keeping manufacturing / production costs down the stuff an ideal length from one model into a smaller frame model.
What if the break part is out of reach? Where the transmitter can't get through?
You can reuse the tool when the wire corroded where you damaged it with the croc clip.
Maybe ricky made his own videos and did things the way he liked? Nope, he didn't, so he arm chair mechanics on other people's videos instead.
Matt Harradine nope just 18 years time served and know it shouldn’t be done that way.
Was The info on the computer screen something you pulled up on google or was computer program?
It was a site called identifix
Awesome
Thanks!
Take my money! 💷💷💷💷
👍👍👍
Really demonitized for radio? Well I am not defending the man, however its probably some copy right thing with the radio thing. Great videos man!
Dude i have this tool and i dont even know how to use it and im dealing with a headlight issue on my volvo rn one headlight has no power and when i pass it power with the power probe the headlight works. I will use the ect2000 to find the problem thanks !!
All I need do is remember I have one in one of my toolboxes, somewhere. 🤭
Hello, because you do not identify the pin in ecm and change the cable to a new one, it is not simpler, it is only an opinion.... Thank you
You can do all that in half the time with the LoadPro by Dan Sullivan.
Load the circuit with the press of a button.
Not really. I love the load pro, but the load pro just tells you that the circuit has a problem, the ect 3000 shows you specifically where the break is. Both tools do completely different things
good tool, but it has issues.....like 30 sec shut-off time of inactivity... I promise you if you spend the 124.00 on the ect3000(upgraded/newer unit) you will never use this one again.....give-a-way...im not knocking ya but I was kinda shocked you didn't research first and knew there was a newer unit....I had this one and once I got the ect3000 I gave the ect2000 away to someone who can deal with it....the newer one is so much better...10 mins on time better sensitivity.....but thanks for showing what it does....
I've owned this unit sense they came out. The ect3000 is on my upgrades list
oh my bad....I thought you just got it....so no corner for you...lol
Lol. I gotta get the newer one soon
It was hanging on by a few threads.
ya know I cant fault ya too bad because it isn't a snapon item.....so stand in the corner for 10 mins and your good.....lol
Who's good idea was it to "kink" the wires like that?!
Needs a thinner pickup ..lol
That 3V must be in micro amps if it is computer safe? Nissan = electronic issues galore!
I wish the Nissan dealership I worked for had more electrical issues. Our area must have sold all of the ones without electrical issues...
Tool is awesome , demo is shit , it does send voltage it send frequency , also it says right in manual to isolate the circuit you are working on since it can give you a false short or open signal.
I'm sure you ment to put "the demo was the shit". Kinda hard to isolate a circuit when its in a huge wire loom. I checked the transponder it's sends a small voltage and picks it up on the receiver as a frequency is what I assume.
So you sent voltage to the computer if and when the broken wire was touching! Fry a computer and no bueno! I say disconnect your computer. Especially if you know the wire is going directly to the computer, which he knew, luckily the wire stayed broken !
It doesn't work with voltage it uses frequency.
Brittle wiring
crap i just bought one and think i got the wrong one
lmao he says he don't want to damage the wire and proceed to clamp down and pierce the wire...smh
If you are told that you need a computer for your car because the sensors do not work anymore, think again. These sensors are mostly 2 and three-wire circuits. They are generating some kind of signals for the computer to read and make decisions with. With the proper knowledge of how sensors work and what they do you can save yourself considerable money. The "cheapo" 500 to 1000 dollar cars that have electrical problems are not that hard to fix. All the wiring gets brittle and can be the victims of rodents because they started to put soy-derived oils in the wiring insulation. If you got 5 volts from the computer that does not reach the sensor, you can save yourself the trouble of chasing wiring with a signal generator and receiver by just making a jump wire from the computer to the sensor.
If your computer has not got 5 volts from the designated pin you can go get it from somewhere else. You can also get your grounds from the computer chassis. If you have an intermittent hot from the computer just get rid of it, it is dangerous.
The signal wire can be replaced too. Just replace the wires and make sure to use power and grounds from the computer hot wires.
If you take a two-stranded thin wire and run it from computer+5v and ground to the power and ground of the sensor and you can measure the signal from the sensor wire back at the computer you just made a circuit to fix your problem.
It is not that hard and we do not need to be afraid of it.
I’m not a mechanic, and this makes sense but I’m curious, how do you that? You’ve got for example a connector with 32 pins, how do you access that 5v signal without unplugging? Back-probe it somehow? On my Jeep I have 5v at sensors, when unplugged the pin in PCM has 1v. So I’m just trying to understand what your process is. Maybe it’s simple when you have more experience
@@2tallB You basically go to "UA-cam University" and also research the problem on search engines. If you don't get answers right off the bat, try changing the way you ask the question. It is not that hard and yes you back probe looking for the 5 volts you need. There is always someone else who had the problem out there.
@@andrewdomenitzdmd There was one sentence in that that was helpful. Thanks for that. Because clearly, in case you didn't notice, I AM on the internet researching things. lol
How come none of these Power Probe vids, never say how much the tester costs? ANNOYING as F.
It’s all Nissan’s fault
nissan doessome stupid shit sometime
A regular volt meter would do the same job. No need for this
Naw
For intermittent faults especially you must physically move ,pull up / aside sub harnesses to look for chaffing rub through on the loom.
It is very advantageous to narrow down & pinpoint the near or precise point of the break before disturbing the harness.
Another example is If you have a double axle float, boat trailer or an RV you can easily find the break in the tail light circuit if replacing a bulb doesn't fix the light out problem.
Not really. You'd have to keep poking into the wire to take measurements. You can start at connectors to narrow down a section but this would certainly save time. Especially the 3000 which shows you the direction to move in. And the wiggle test is great but can also make it tough to find sometimes.
JRC54 you need to learn how to use a meter.
Matt Harradine you don’t poke wires with a meter. 🙄 you get the right ends and plug them into the plugs or you back probe the plug..watch some videos and learn something