And sharing a personal MultiMeter trick to help others..
File/Sand down your MultiMeter probes (ends/tips) to a very small and fine needle tip [not only useful but critically necessary] when testing SMD [surface mount] components like on Laptop Motherboards.
I myself just use my Harbor Freight version of a Dremel with a flat griding/sanding disc, and then hold the multimeter probe almost flat on the sanding disc while turning [with your fingers] the meter probe in a circular mother to evenly sand the probe tip..
Hope this helps others and never having seen anyone mention this tactic, I'm suggesting it to others. For myself, decades ago, this was my Instant, Cheap and easy solution to the DMM probe tips being too large..
though I have another trick, similarly related which is useful for other purposes..
Take a PAPERCLIP, unbend it and straighten it out, then bend it around, over and over, the metal end of the DMM probe then using needle nose pliers, when you have about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch remaining, you can bend the paper clip at a 90 degree angle, close to the metal dmm probe, so that effectively 'extending' the metal probe.
So the end result is not only 'thinner' DMM Probe Tip(s) but a LONGER probe tip length to reach into deeper areas.
And don't forget to slide a piece or two of HeatShrink tubing over the 'new' metal paperclip probe tip, right up to the end [aka pointy tip] of the probe to insulate and protect against shorting things accidently when using the new probe..
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