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Fault tracing meter with novel displays - Mechanic Sherlock V2.

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thm_w:

--- Quote from: Kean on June 22, 2023, 04:37:48 am ---OK, my unit has arrived already.  It took just over a week from ordering.

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How is the continuity speed? In the youtube video the guy shows it seems OK but he doesn't tap the probes together so its hard to tell.

Kean:

--- Quote from: Fraser on June 22, 2023, 08:54:37 pm ---Any chance of photographing the user manual ?

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Sure, see attached.  I am travelling right now, but thankfully I brought the unit with me.
Apologies for the poor photos but it is hard to avoid shadows with down lights.

Kean:

--- Quote from: thm_w on June 23, 2023, 11:58:07 pm ---How is the continuity speed? In the youtube video the guy shows it seems OK but he doesn't tap the probes together so its hard to tell.

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It is OK, but I've certainly seen much better.  Tapping them hard doesn't get it every time.  It seems like there is a sampling delay.

Fraser:
Many thanks Kean  :-+

Mechanic have clearly upgraded their product since it was first reviewed. They have added a true resistance (Ohms) mode with the capability of measuring up to 99.99K Ohms (according to their specifications) if you look at the attached manual excerpt you can see the original function button annotations on the left page images and the new annotations on the right page image. A diode symbol has been changed to an Omega symbol. This is a welcome improvement to the design  :-+

Regarding the continuity mode, I hope for a decent response time but it will not be a deal breaker for me if it isn’t perfect as for high speed continuity I have my Fluke 87 III to use.

I am unsure what to make of the “Mechanic” brand. I dislike the blue and yellow colour scheme of the products and they look cheap. Some products, such as Sherlock and the current injection tool are in aluminium enclosures and look like a “bought-in” product from another manufacturer and do not have the blue/Yellow brand colours. Could it be like the relationship between Snapon and Bluepoint products maybe ? The user manual is, to be honest, tragic. It shows all the usual Chinglish errors that we have come to expect of companies not willing to invest in a English speaking proof reader ! They even mention “NIXIE tube” instead of LED for heaven sakes ! We are in 2023 and still see this rubbish coming out of some Chinese companies…. Pretty much unforgivable and it looks unprofessional. Even the wording of their advertisement for the Sherlock is laughable. I reserve judgement on “Mechanic” tools but the Sherlock is the only tool from them that I have wanted to buy as it is pretty unique and looks better than much of their other kit. Since they ignored my request for something as simple as a PDF of the user manual, I am not likely to buy other kit from them. Sometimes you have to buy a piece of kit from a less than great company as there are no other available options. I think the Sherlock is such a case.

Thanks again for taking the trouble to photograph the manual.

Fraser

Fraser:
Of further note…..

I saw that at least one reviewer stated that the two 4mm 2mm sockets on the side of the Sherlock could be used to power a Device Under Test (DUT) and 3.3V was measured across the sockets. That struck me as an odd idea as I believed the 4mm sockets were just duplicates of the test probe tips. I see no detail in the current manual of how the 4mm 2mm sockets are supposed to be used but have seen the crocodile clip test leads connected to them for “Red lead to PCB 0V” and “Black lead to PCB 0V” testing operations. Those make sense and look to basically permit one handed probing as detailed in the advertisements. As to powering a DUT ? I have to wonder if this was an incorrect assumption by at least one reviewer.  :-//

Fraser

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