The Dog Ate My Clamp Meter   - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 02:35:56 am
content: It's not every day a customers dog eats your new in box clamp meter

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 04:59:42 am
content: Original ENIAC mouse test (ca. 1945):"Randall: What's the zaniest thing you did while developing ENIAC?Eckert: The mouse cage was pretty funny. We knew mice would eat the insulation off the wires, so we get samples of all the wires that were available and put them in a cage with a bunch of mice to see which insulation they did not like. We only used wire that passed the mouse test."

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 05:23:57 am
content: Adorable.... or did the owner chew on it, then stage the photo to frame the dog? The poor, innocent, dog.

author: electr_peter
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 08:15:00 am
content: DMM is CAT rated and now also DOG rated

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 08:16:29 am
content: Not yet CAT scanned.

author: Retep
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 08:23:28 am
content: Quote from: Whales on August 29, 2024, 05:23:57 amI wouldn't be surprised, just like people who put the blame on the dog when they fart.

author: valcher
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 09:05:01 am
content: In this adorable dog's imagination, ticks look like the mouth of a strange creature.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 09:15:50 am
content: Homeless the dog from Cutting Edge Engineering Australia (Youtube) is a Doomguy for incoming mail – and toys. Rip and tear, rip and tear.Puppies sometimes chew on our favourite shoes, exactly because they like the smell. Some dogs have a protective instinct that a foreign smell might trigger when they're alone, leading to e.g. mail being chewed, especially when young, impulsive, bored, and not a thought stirring in their little noggin.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 09:16:35 am
content: Should have bought a meter with a proper DOG III rating.

author: Sensorcat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 09:35:52 pm
content: The dog knows well what its master likes most:teardown!

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 09:43:53 pm
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on August 29, 2024, 09:15:50 am....come on .. I know you know his full name...... :⁠-⁠)

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 10:13:53 pm
content: Who is not to love an innocent-faced puppy after some mischief?

author: Njk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 10:46:37 pm
content: Sometimes, they can do a stupid things, especially while young. But to my observation, none of them chew a live mains cord, no matter of the insulation thickness. Never. Not dogs, not cats, not even kittens

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2024, 11:00:57 pm
content: Quote from: Njk on August 29, 2024, 10:46:37 pmMy girlfriend's cat chewed through a string of Christmas lights and blew a little hole in it's cheek from the arc.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2024, 12:08:57 am
content: My female cat chewed my wired apple earbuds cord when she was a kitten. It was difficult to repair.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2024, 01:19:48 am
content: Quote from: Njk on August 29, 2024, 10:46:37 pmMy cat did.It caused quite a flash in her mouth, tripped all the breakers.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2024, 01:20:23 am
content: Quote from: Bud on August 30, 2024, 12:08:57 amI don't know what's in Apple wires but cats seem to prefer them.

author: Njk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2024, 06:03:38 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on August 30, 2024, 01:19:48 amJust incredible. I suspect they can somehow measure the electric field strength by the vibrissa to don't play with dangerous voltage. The capabilities may vary though.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2024, 12:32:05 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 29, 2024, 04:59:42 amTrue story: I just (today) bought a gadget off Amazon and after I opened it I caught the cat trying to chew the wire.I put it back in the bad out of reach and half an hour later I caught her trying to get into the bag.When I went to use it? It didn't work.This is now the wire on my brand new gadget:So, yeah, this is something manufacturers need to test for.nb. She does the same with Apple wires... the wire she bit and tripped the breakers with was an Apple wire.

author: Calambres
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2024, 04:31:43 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 29, 2024, 09:43:53 pm"Homey" BignutzThe happiest dog on earth!

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2024, 08:59:33 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on August 29, 2024, 04:59:42 amQuote from: Fungus on September 02, 2024, 12:32:05 pm...also the rubber caps they put on Rigol oscilloscope BNCs. The cat goes directly for those whenever I get the 'scope out.It's definitely a thing. There's hundreds of wires here and she only goes for certain ones.

author: EC8010
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2024, 04:21:58 pm
content: A previous cat was deterred just before she chewed the lead of a Tek Hall effect current probe. Present Technocat favours USB leads, which are a lot less expensive.

author: Locator
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2024, 07:43:44 pm
content: Quote from: Njk on August 29, 2024, 10:46:37 pmMy uncle’s dog did. He chewed into their TV’s power cord. My uncle found out when he heard the yelp.