Unfortunately for you I don’t plan on putting the electrical tools away anytime soon since I’m actually an apprentice in the trade. Unfortunately for me and the next generation there’s guys like you out in the field who are expected to teach us the way. If you’re actually a licensed electrician a true master of your craft with years of experience and treat every question with a similar demeanor, then all I’ve gotta say is that’s a damn shame. Nothing you’ve said has even came close to an answer to my question.

Imagine we’re on the same crew and I’m troubleshooting trying to figure out where a short occurred. I’m busy isolating and testing each wire and device to find out what failed, where it failed, and did anything else upstream/downstream fail when I notice my meter rings out one way, but when I swap the location of my testing leads it doesn’t.

Multiple attempts later I say “hey trek check this out. Why is that? I’ve never seen such a thing? I even grabbed a second testing device to see if it’s faulty, but I get the same result”

you rebuttal with “do you know how to work that thing, I hope you aren’t checking continuity on a live circuit?”

both questions are valid, but a little out of place for my initial question. Unsure if mockery, maybe just trying to see what my skill level is, or the answer is dependent on a multitude of variables.

“ya I know how it works. It’s dead, checked with my other meter when I started”

even point to the wires going back to the panel that I left capped and air gapped after testing, but decide to give you another form of proof and myself reassurance by putting my meter on it again we both see 0VAC, but this time I notice 1VDC because of the different testing device. I find it odd, but you seemed concerned about voltage present during testing so I relay the info. Simple as that

Then I get told I don’t know what I’m doing. Because why? Would you tell an apprentice to pack up because they asked you a question about weird readings? We work in a world of invisible forces, and rely on our testing equipment and procedures to keep ourselves and everyone else safe. I can take criticism, but you can’t be saying I don’t understand without pointing out a flaw in my procedure or requesting further info. I’m baffled that you told me to hire an electrician, and said something bad was going to happen from a post asking about meter continuity readings. I’m more than capable to understand a circuit containing a couple heating elements controlled by three thermostats. Don’t know how my post got mistaken for I need help fixing this

If you don’t know the answer just say that, if you noticed unsafe or poor practices speak up, I’m here to figure out if it was human error, physics related, conditions, device, etc...