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us Offline Swiss Guy

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Volty Bit
on: June 15, 2022, 02:34:36 AM
I purchased a Volty bit back in March and it has been extremely useful so I thought I would share.

The Volty bit by PC Poodle is about the size of a Leatherman bit and was made to fit the bit holder and bit sheath. It is a voltage tester that uses a Leatherman tool as a conductor. The Volty bit touches the positive while another part of the Leatherman (flat driver is what I use) touches the negative. As long as what you are testing is DC and between 2.5 and 30 bolts, you will get an accurate reading.

I have used this for my 18650 batteries as well as a couple car batteries and so far, it has been very accurate. You can probably find some YouTube videos on it--that is how I found out about it.

To give a brief overview of how something that small can give an accurate voltage, it flashes a number of times in different colors to give the voltage. Green = 10, yellow = 1, red = .1. So a flash of 1 green, two yellow and 6 red would be 12.6 volts. Also, yellow is just red and green flashing together which looks yellow at a certain angle but otherwise looks green/red.

Check it out. I think you will find it as useful as I do if you have any lithium ion batteries or help friends with their cars too often.

« Last Edit: June 15, 2022, 03:54:42 AM by Swiss Guy »
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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #1 on: June 15, 2022, 03:40:35 AM
It really is something that lots of people have given great praise to and it is a very neat tool to have :cheers:

I don't have one but can see how it could be and is very useful  :like:
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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #2 on: June 15, 2022, 04:41:29 AM
Agree! Wish I could justify carrying such a useful tool.

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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #3 on: June 15, 2022, 05:08:45 PM
:worthless:

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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #4 on: June 15, 2022, 06:07:15 PM
Whelp, there went $25.   :gimme:

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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #5 on: June 17, 2022, 05:04:08 AM
Isn't the guy who makes them a member here?  I think he posted the prototype and asked for everyone's opinions about a year ago.
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Re: Volty Bit
Reply #6 on: June 18, 2022, 12:04:45 AM
He is a member and prototyped it when he first became a member here and asked for some feedback before producing it :tu:
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