Bargain???

[telectrix]

dunno the quality, but at this price has to be worth a punt, maybe as an apprentice's first st?

7pcs Multi-purpose Electrican's Insulated Electrical Hand Screwdriver Tools Set | eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7pcs-Multi-purpose-Electricans-Insulated-Electrical-Hand-Screwdriver-Tools-Set/262809131034?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D2220071%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D155d5ef0c69b45489ea2f548520ef963%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D371605433057

 

[hightower]

Hmmmm, never liked interchangeable blades. Also, that says 500v, every decent screwdriver I've seen is rated to withstand 1000v.

 

[telectrix]

i've ordered a set. let you know how good they are in a month. can't see a problem with the 500V. that's double what we;ll ever see on LV installations.

 

[Bobster]

Plus you should have proved dead before working anyway

 

[telectrix]

Plus you should have proved dead before working anyway

so why bother with VDE tools? sometimes you can't avoid working live. it's only in the last few years i've bothered to isolate before swapping a socket faceplate or a switch.

 

[Bobster]

so why bother with VDE tools? sometimes you can't avoid working live. it's only in the last few years i've bothered to isolate before swapping a socket faceplate or a switch.

There was meant to be tone conveyed with that that was obviously missed. I'm not against working live when necessary.

Was taught and trained to do so safely and properly. I see no issue.

 

[telectrix]

missed the tone, Rob. laid up at moment with a cold and wednesday had brick dust removed from right eye at A&E. still sore. glad i'm not a horse ir i would have been shot.

 

[gazdkw82]

There was meant to be tone conveyed with that that was obviously missed. I'm not against working live when necessary.

Was taught and trained to do so safely and properly. I see no issue.

Really??

Was this specific training on working within live conditions or just part of the generic electrical training routes?

 

[Bobster]

Really??

Was this specific training on working within live conditions or just part of the generic electrical training routes?

Neither, was knowledge passed on from a very experienced electrical engineer who taught me as an apprentice many years ago.

 

[uksrevivor]

Im always a bit weary of the cheap ebay imports but might be ok as a basic starter kit for students. Im with hightower though the 500v VDE rating seems a bit dodgy. Interchangeable bits are very handy though for general maintenance and service engineers as you only have a small pouch to carry round rather than several different screwdrivers. I own a set myself but mine are rated 1000V VDE and are from wehra.

 

[mache]

No manufacturers marking, no test house marking, I doubt it has had any testing carried out and will probably wear and round out very early on knackering the screws in the equipment it's being used on. A bargain is when you manage to buy an item at below what's it's price should be, I expect these would therefore fail that classification. Would you want bargain Chinese brake pads on your car????

 

[soms]

I think you get what you pay for. I prefer having a decent set of screwdrivers which which I trust, work well and which will last me a long time.
I grow weary of the cheap rubbish products we find in every walk of life which probably don't meet any proper product standards at the time of manufacture and last all of five minutes.

 

[westward10]

Hong Kong, £3.94 says it all.

 

[Rpa07]

Come on boys, less of the negativity. Tel is not feeling well at the moment and needs all the positivity he can get. Anyway he could probably stir his Lemsip with them, 500v or not (there's not an attachment with a spoon is there?)

 

[Dan]

Did anybody actually get one?