Do you have Alzheimer's or are you just stupid?
So somebody (G7PSK) has avoided working on live gear because he is skilled and take a cautious approach to such things, and has had a long career which involved sometimes using an analog meter without blowing himself up. The systems were designed such that they can be safely powered down for maintenance.
Somebody else (Oldway) is working in a different area has had to work on live gear because production cannot be interrupted, and would like everybody to only use a top of the line DMM because of the additional engineered-in safety features.
The way I see it, G7PSK is actually the safer guy - having greater control over risks, allows greater working safety margins day to day. Should a meter blows up, it seems nobody will be the worse for it because the risks have been managed.
"Oldway" seems to have a whole lot of risks he can't directly mitigate, they are relying on processes, procedure and their equipment to keep them safe. A single failure or stuff-up could be very bad.
If one of you was to come to serious harm due to a bad day at the office, my money is on it being Oldway. G7PSK's environment allows for greater overall safety, but "Oldway" seems to constantly be one slip-up from disaster.
Does that about sum it up?
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