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Pros & Cons
Pros
Great tool for electrical diagnosis. Saved me $2500 quoted to replace the abs pump and module. Easily tested fuel pump. Makes some diagnostic task easier and faster!
Purchased this while in the middle of rewiring a 71 charger. The product seems fine and appreciate customer support responding although not immediate.
Cons
The implication of service and parts is not real so if you’re looking for a disposable tool, i recommend this one. When you push the supply ground button it works just often enough that you have no clue as to whether your test is valid. The store i bo... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Feels well made and should last a long time if stored and used properly.
Works great, easy to setup solid readings and great for testing small circuts.
You get both an audible and visual signal of whether the point you're testing is ground or positive.
Finding faults and assessing electrical malfunctions is much simpler now and some of the guess work i was doing is no longer guess work.
Price
This has made me a lot of money and saved valuable diagnostic time.
Price value is good for the money.
Packaging/appearance
Package nicely and includes a case, this circuit tester has been great!
But first, there's no cigarette lighter power source in the box, nor does it come with a power cord extender.
I'm glad it came with a case, but wish it was a little bigger.
Recommend buying some add ons but it’s good to go out of the box and extremely accurate!
Competitiveness
With the pb500 ancel has improved on the pb100 in a number of ways.
Ancel put out the predecessor to this pb500, the pb100, in direct competition with power probe.
The pb500 has a larger color screen than the pb100, digital as well as graphed power displays and a set of three different prob... Read More
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
electrical, good, great, easy and bad. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 2.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 54.6% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 2,641 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 27 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you’re a diyer you should 100 have one of these in your tool box it makes testing and checking things so much easier and takes all the guesswork out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This unit here is no different it works really well
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Updateancel reached out after reading my review and offered to replace my unit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Originalits clear why 30 days is the return window this is a novelty item
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No support from ancel after several trys or amazon
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Read the other 1 star reviews for my shared experience white screen and to manage your expectations if you plan to use it more than once or twice
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ancel should spend the money spent from the rarely used extra cord on more robust circuitry and fault tolerant programing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Too bad it could be a good product
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