Anyone use the VT154 Audible Voltage Continuity Tester?

[foolios]

Audible Voltage/Continuity Tester

I don't understand something about this multimeter like tester. Does anyone have a manual that can explain when it should beep?

 

[Golden_Boy]

Audible Voltage/Continuity Tester

I don't understand something about this multimeter like tester. Does anyone have a manual that can explain when it should beep?

The contiuity testers I have come across beep when there is continuity, What other condition would it be feasable for it to beep ??? It just means you dont have to look at the meter all the time. It is not a resistance measurement merely an indication of continuity.

 

[foolios]

It makes sense that it should beep then when it detects voltage, or when it's used to detect continuity without voltage.
It's just weird that it was beeping even when there's an open circuit.
It's used. I'm guessing it has gone bad. I never knew they made a meter that could do both at the same time, well, autosense what it should do.
Seems to me to be a bad design in that if it goofs by milliseconds, voltage is going to destroy the continuity testing part of the tester.
I'm guessing that that's what happened. Some of the other voltage testers will at least give a beep for one test and a chirp for the other. But not this one.
Ok, thanks for the input.

 

[patricklondon]

sorry foo but you know your avatar looks like that geordie lad that won big brother a couple of years back and could mostly only say "mint"

 

[Golden_Boy]

sorry foo but you know your avatar looks like that geordie lad that won big brother a couple of years back and could mostly only say "mint"

Maybe thats the same guy

 

[foolios]

That's MINT!

 

[Golden_Boy]

That's MINT!

Blimey it IS HIM !

It makes sense that it should beep then when it detects voltage, or when it's used to detect continuity without voltage.
It's just weird that it was beeping even when there's an open circuit.
It's used. I'm guessing it has gone bad. I never knew they made a meter that could do both at the same time, well, autosense what it should do.
Seems to me to be a bad design in that if it goofs by milliseconds, voltage is going to destroy the continuity testing part of the tester.
I'm guessing that that's what happened. Some of the other voltage testers will at least give a beep for one test and a chirp for the other. But not this one.
Ok, thanks for the input.

Take ohm meter and apply 250 volts AC = BANG ( LOL )

 

[bigal555]

you should never count on any noise or tone on any tester, if you look at the readings and you understand them then you should be ok take care from bigal approved sparky.

 

[foolios]

Sage advice, thank you