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Voltage Testers

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  • 22-10-2011 7:08pm
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    Discodog
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    I am looking for a non contact voltage tester. I was considering a Fluke but strangely some reviews say that it is not very sensitive & that you have to virtually put it in a socket !.

    Can anyone recommend a good pocket pen type tester ?


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    White Wolf Airsoft
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    Lidil Have a few good ones in store for 20 euro


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    Ive got the fluke
    You have to bring it up close

    I used to have one with sound
    it was very handy if i recall


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    Bruthal
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    I use the volt tick vt10,

    This is it here, i find it great.
    http://www.ebay.de/itm/BEHA-UNITEST-VOLT-TICK-VT-10-Spannungspruefer-/120717740225


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    What am i saying
    the fluke has sound


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    2011
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    Discodog wrote: »
    I am looking for a non contact voltage tester.

    I am not a fan of these.
    All they can do is give an indication that a device or cable may be live or that it may not be. This is why I would not trust them enough to bet my life on them. Having said that they can be handy for fault finding.


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    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    Well ya- theyre not meant for 'safe isolation'
    but i wouldnt like to be without one


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    Bruthal
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    M cebee wrote: »
    Well ya- theyre not meant for 'safe isolation'
    but i wouldnt like to be without one

    Exactly, its not for proving a circuit is off that they are used, although what is absolutely 100% perfect?

    The one i linked has a good loud sound on it. They give a very positive indication. Many of the ones with just led indications light at all sorts of times such as rubbing them on clothes or hands etc.


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    2011
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    M cebee wrote: »
    Well ya- theyre not meant for 'safe isolation'
    .....and if the end user is aware of this that is ok.


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    Bruthal
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    2011 wrote: »
    .....and if the end user is aware of this that is ok.

    The end user of a digital multimeter, or any tester, may not be aware of much either. Far more awareness is needed than just the reliability of any test method.


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    M cebee
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    http://www.sjib.org.uk/documents/NWR_SecI_App4.pdf

    http://www.select.org.uk/downloads/publications/Select%20-%20Safe%20Isolation%20Procedures.pdf

    these links show the methods of safe isolation and proving dead


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    2011
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    robbie7730 wrote: »
    The end user of a digital multimeter, or any tester, may not be aware of much either. Far more awareness is needed than just the reliability of any test method.
    Agreed.


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