Locating ground plane shorts – getting started with the Toneohm 950

Toneohm 950 Multi-layer short circuit locator

Easy first time ground plane short circuit location with Polar Toneohm 950. A talk through using the Toneohm's vector plane stimulus for locating plane to plane shorts.

Contents

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Checking you have a short
0:25 Using the Toneohm as a multimeter
0:38 Establshing which planes are shorted
2:20 Using vector plane stimulus – applying the VPS leads to the plane corners
2:40 Checking the order of the VPS leads
3:45 Checking the VPS leads are connected to the correct plane – selecting active mode
4:15 Using the arrows and audible signals to locate the short
5:50 Approaching the short – fine tuning the Toneohm sensitivity
6:00 Arriving at the short
7:50 Contact details