Broken Pinpointer Challenge X 2

[Chug And Red]

I received the automax precision v4 pinpointer with my purchase of a whites classice id 5 and due to improper use i destroyed it.

a few weeks later i purchased a centek hand held, the botton stopped working !!!!!

Due to having 2 separate devices that are broken for different reasons i was thinking that i could use parts from the cen- tech to repair the automax yes i can solder there are four wires that connects each probe to the detector .

Any ideas on which wires may go where

the leads are numbererd as follows

Automax k1, k2,k3 and k4

Cen-tech not marked see pic


top pic is the cen- tech

[Kiwijohn]

Can't help you but..........................................

You can learn this stuff from the movies


Known permutations:

1. The red wire isn't there.
2. All the wires are the same color.
3. Cutting any wire at all is a bad play.
4. The hero is colorblind, or the lighting makes him effectively colorblind.
5. The guy reading from the manual changes his mind between maybe red, maybe blue ... are any of 'em green?
6. The guy with the manual says "red", the hero says "Frack it!" and yanks out the whole snarled-up mess of wires, or cuts the blue one and... there is a big explosion.
7. The guy with the manual tells the hero to cut the red wire. He goes on to do so, but just as he's about to cut it (sweat in his eyes and all) - or already has - the guy says "NO!! STOP!! It's not that one!".
8. The color is one the cutter doesn't know: taupe, ochre, turquoise, umber, etc.
9. The guy reading from the manual says something like "It says to cut the blue wire.." *snip* ".. after cutting the red one.."
10. The hero just throws the bomb out the window.

[Chug And Red]

Now for my 2 cents worth

Both of these items are C@@P, but looking inside there are very different manufacturing issues

first the cen-tech probe solid piece for probing great idea and heavy copper wires great idea cr@@py switch not a good idea!!!

Automax design is Bad all around, 3 piece probe very bad idea Light copper wires Extremely bad design ( I would never buy a product from whoever designed this item!!!!!!