SHORTSNIFFER

The ShortSniffer is not a short circuit detector, but a short circuit locator. You'll have to rely on your troubleshooting techniques to determine that you have a short circuit. You can check out the video presentation for some steps to determine which nets are shorted. Once you know which nets are shorted together, connect the ShortSniffer, and "follow the Sound to the Short"... The ShortSniffer injects an audio current into a conductive circuit, allowing the current Path to be followed with the non-contact inductive pick-up Probe. The basic short circuit locating principle can be reproduced with a signal generator, an inductive pick-up coil, an amplifier, and a speaker. The ShortSniffer SS3 has been designed for convenience and optimized for PC board short circuit locating performance.