Autel PowerScan PS100 ebay / Amazon price over $70, and you could google and find many shops stock is unavailable. So pay less on a 10-year old famous shop www.chinaobd2.com is a reasonable choice.
Pros to have Autel PowerScan PS100 on chinaobd2.com:
Autel PowerScan PS100 capabilities (confirmed):
Performs every type of service including power injection, measurement, ground testing, polarity checks, continuity testing and components activation
Easy to read AVOmeter allows you to read voltage, current and resistance at the fingertip
With a flip of the power switch, you have an instant hot/ground lead for powering up electrical components like cooling fans, relays, etc.
Simultaneously uses the hot lead and the ground lead to activate components right in your hand
Instantly identifies positive, negative and open circuits
Tests for bad ground contacts instantly, allowing you to follow and locate shorts fast without wasting fuses
Instantly checks continuity of switches, relays and diodes
Circuit breaker protected
Built-in Flashlight enables you to work in the dark
Audio tone indicator allows for no-look menu scrolling once users are familiar with menu tone assignment
20ft (extendable) cable provides excellent accessibility to test along the vehicle
Extremely easy to use and highly reliable
Autel PowerScan PS100 reviews:
Here are some customer reviews for the Autel PS100.
I have never been so impressed by such a reasonably priced tool. A friend of mine bought a similar “powered probe” device, and I was impressed. I bought this one because the point oscilloscope feature seemed useful. I made the right call.
This thing is unbelievably helpful for any sort of automotive electronic testing. Need to figure out why a light isn’t on? Put 12v to the bulb holder and check it. Need to see if a switch is working? Point this at the back of it, and flip the switch. Need to figure out why a trailer light isn’t working? This thing has a wicked long cable extension to reach way back to the trailer. Need to troubleshoot a wiring loom under the car? Not only will this do the job, but it has a decent LED light.
Seriously, buy this PowerScan PS100 tool. It comes in a nice case, with the pieces you need. It pays for itself before the mechanic has even diagnosed the problem, and will help you figure out if your weird jury-rigged solution will work before you put everything back together. I feel like I should write the engineers a check because I’ve gotten so much use out of it.
I am an automotive tech by trade and bought this to use in troubleshooting electrical shorts in automobiles. I have used the power probe in the past but the Autel has one particular feature I was interested in. This has a kinda scope feature that can really be useful when troubleshooting sensors on the fly along with a very bright and easy to read screen as well as a ohm meter it had me curious as to how good it is. So far it has been very useful and works well, I don’t need a separate meter for certain testing and it has been accurate in testing. I did find a strange operation about it though. When probing a circuit that lets say has ground to it then when activated goes hot , the PS100 shows the circuit go to hot (12volt) but also shows ground as well. Pretty strange but idk if it made to do so. The tool itself seems well built but the cable to me seems a little thin and not as thick if a gauge as the power probe. All in all I think it’s a great tool for the features and price point, I only hope it lasts just as long as I expect or will it fail too soon. I will update in the future as to its durability and operation.