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Hi folks,i Admin over at the plumbing forum,quick question regarding volt sticks,in this case a Fluke brand,now i fault find boilers so am very conversant with a multi meter ,however i use a volt stick to check boiler cases and pipework,on checking the spec on the fluke they go down to 100v,as we know it takes less than 100v to kill you so to my mind volt sticks for what i intend to use one for are pointless,how could i safely test pipework or metal work ?
 
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These will pick up voltage on the live probe alone ! much safer that a volt stick. Volt sticks can be very mis-leading. My friend recently told me of a young man who installs washing machines for John Lewis went into recently rewired council house (all kosher and certificated) went under the sink held the pipe and died. Leaving a wife and kid behind. Just for the sake of a proper tester ! Tragic ! Live and neutral reversed. You can never be careful enough.
 
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How can a reversed L & N make a pipe under the sink live, and what has that to do with Volt Sticks? Or was he holding something else that was live and was shocked when making contact with the earthed pipe? In which case, ditto?
 
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I'll put it in water for an hour and we'll see what it turns out to be.
spinlondon said:
That's a desiccated gerbil not a hamster (or stamp stamp as the daughter of a friend of mine used to say).
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Will get back to you later with the results!
Stamp stamp - I like that though I don't think the pet shop will sell me one if I ask for that!
 
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Lucien Nunes said:
How can a reversed L & N make a pipe under the sink live, and what has that to do with Volt Sticks? Or was he holding something else that was live and was shocked when making contact with the earthed pipe? In which case, ditto?
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Yes very good Lucien I was just testing to see if people are really reading this or on automatic, well done I am very pleased with you. Of course I meant L - E
 
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the mighty Tel has, however, found a gorilla welder.

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