I know, stick the leads of the meter into the socket. Sure, that's what I usually do. But, on a 50 amp socket it's not always easy to get them in far enough to make a good connection. That's the problem I was trying to describe above. The idea with this device isn't to plug it in and leave it there and walk away. I really don't think it's any more dangerous than sticking probes into a socket. I think in a way it might be safer. The contact points are very easy to touch the probes to. No fiddling around twisting the probes around in the holes trying to get something to contact.
Like I said, don't ever build one of these and try to use it. You will most certainly die.
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'03 Freightliner FL112, 295" wheel base, with '03 United Specialties 26' living quarters, single screw, Cat C12 430 h/p 1650 torque, Eaton 10speed , 3.42 rear axle ratio
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