DECENT socket tester

glasgospark · Nov 11, 2013

had a metrel and a kewtech
kewtech now doesnt work atall completley dead metrel neons work but no audio , pretty new aswell

any good makes out ?

Geordie Spark · Nov 12, 2013

GLENNSPARK said:
i lived in Bishops Castle for a couple of years....

Oh aye .... living with a Bishop??!!

No doubt by now you'll know about the delights of Bishop's Finger :jester:

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

Geordie Spark said:
Oh aye .... living with a Bishop??!!

No doubt by now you'll know about the delights of Bishop's Finger :jester:

lol...

no...but maybe TB does:

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Tiny Spark · Nov 12, 2013

I went to school in BC many years ago haha.
Still pop by occasionally for a pint or 6 in the 3 tuns

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

Tiny Spark said:
I went to school in BC many years ago haha.
Still pop by occasionally for a pint or 6 in the 3 tuns

the house we had was on the corner at the top end of the town...
just up from the vaults....

lovely little town on the face of it....but you just scratch beneath the surface....lol..

talk about inbred yocals

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

it was a restaurant/cafe we had....the interlude it was called....

set in a deco (30s) style....very classy....

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Tiny Spark said:
I went to school in BC many years ago haha.
Still pop by occasionally for a pint or 6 in the 3 tuns

was the Evans`s brothers woodmill going then?

Tiny Spark · Nov 12, 2013

Yup, still going now isnt it??

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

Tiny Spark said:
Yup, still going now isnt it??

i would imagine so....

very prominant members of the community the Evans`s were...

we still own property in Shrewsbury mind you...

MDJ · Nov 12, 2013

glasgospark said:
had a metrel and a kewtech
kewtech now doesnt work atall completley dead metrel neons work but no audio , pretty new aswell

any good makes out ?

I use a MFT, much more efficient, I mean why use a 20 quid polarity tester when you own a 600 quid MFT?

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

MDJ said:
I use a MFT, much more efficient, I mean why use a 20 quid polarity tester when you own a 600 quid MFT?

i use both mike....
depends on what you are needing....

thing with a squeeler is you can hear it go off when you have opened the breaker/switch....an MFT wont do that...

plus the squeeler is small....so you can easily get into small places with it rather than an MFT swinging from your neck...

and lets not forget ECRs as well where the MFT would be more appropriate.....
so, you cant kill power to certain finals....so an R2 together with a loop at all points served cuts it...

MDJ · Nov 12, 2013

I do own a green kewtech, but hardly use it to be honest.

Badged01 · Nov 12, 2013

I used to have one of those all singing, all dancing Kewtech ones, that did the RCD test to. Thing broke on me after about a year and haven't bothered with them since .....

GLENNSPARK · Nov 12, 2013

Badged01 said:
I used to have one of those all singing, all dancing Kewtech ones, that did the RCD test to. Thing broke on me after about a year and haven't bothered with them since .....

well...
i`v got a martindale buzzit
its OK...but you cant hear it sometimes when its plugged in an the top floor of a house where theirs 2 lifts....

the testmate one i have is louder...and cheaper than the martindale...
but maybe its just me....

chap i used to work for could hear continuity on his fluke T100 AVI....but couldn`t hear the continuity squeel on the Di-Log AVI that i use....

something to do with the tone he said....