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Kewtech Kewprove 3 and a Martindale VT12 for me. Modified the Kewprove so it'll stick to a metal enclosure, saving a bit of faffing
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Multimeters are frowned upon for this job for various reasons. One is they have a very high impedance (typically 10Mohm) so tend to read "phantom voltage" from capacitive coupling to other energised circuits, whereas the light/LED style take several milliamp so don't show this (in most cases).Good point. I have been using multimeters from long time but once here in UK I started to see those type of equipment. Very different.
The Testo 700 series have gone a long way to prevent most of that, being self ranging and will indicate "No Lead" if volts or amps are not selected correctly: Testo 0590 7603 760-3 Digital MultimeterBut more fundamentally it is the number of ways you can go wrong (using DC volts, or amps/ohms and blowing the meter fuse, having an arc-flash if unfused amps, etc) with possibly fatal results! Hence the idea that a voltage tester should be simple and unambiguous.
Looks a nice piece of kit. Which proving unit are you using for this multimeter?The Testo 700 series have gone a long way to prevent most of that, being self ranging and will indicate "No Lead" if volts or amps are not selected correctly: Testo 0590 7603 760-3 Digital Multimeter
Buying a basic multimeter can be a solution for a DYI Sunday's spark. However the options seems like to be those two:If I was buying a new basic multimeter I think I would go for the slightly cheaper Testo 760-2 as best value for money. But I already have access to at least 4 multimeters, a bench DMM, MFT, & Megger IR tester!
Still considering getting a silent voltage tester for the future, just now it is not used that often to justify another as it works perfectly (if annoyingly)
Still considering getting a silent voltage tester for the future, just now it is not used that often to justify another as it works perfectly (if annoyingly)
That is good to know.Not sure if I mentioned this before but, knowing that you detest noisy voltage testers, it's worth pointing out that all in the Fluke range can be silenced at the press of a button.
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