Fluke Volt Detection Pen

[uksparks]

I've got the 2AC which is the 200 - 1000v version, like others have said, I can tell which side of the twin and earth has the line conductor in.

I use it a lot, kind of stays in my pocket, before I get an ear bashing I don't use it as a form of voltage indication before touching a conductor, but it kind of does have its uses.

 

[Tiny Spark]

LOL Kate that has to be the single best reason for buying a tool I have ever heard!!

Glad ime not on my own in finding these things handy.
I know alot of the old guys frown upon them but i think if you dont rely on them and remember the limitations they are a valuable bit of kit.

My personal fave use is finding a specific cable in a bunch or a conductor in conduit,
Get your mate to play a tune on the switch and you know you have the switched live

 

[Robotstar5]

I also find them handy for showing non-technical production staff that power is there, they understand a light/bleep more than a reading on a meter.

 

[Simonslimline]

Out of the ones i have owned including the fluke, i find these the best. i use the green model with a bleeper.

Volt Stick ::: The market leading brand in AC, DC voltage and magnetic testers in the UK

 

[Black Dog]

I've never trusted the idea of them, and have never found somewhere yet where I've needed one. Do you find you use it often??

They come in handy when working on K&T systems where there in no grounding conductor and the color of the wires have faded, and you need to find the neutral and hot.

 

[Guest111]

I have the LDV2 with the light on,in fact I have a couple of them,one lives in my box and the other in my coat pocket along with a terminal driver,the torch feature comes in really handy at times.

 

[telectrix]

had one some time ago. a pro230. it had a fork in the end so that a live cable had to be enclosed in the fork to light it up. very useful with a bunch of singles.

 

[shanky887614]

have any of you guys tried the flir one on test-meter?

my meger ones has broke (looks the same as the handman one for £7)

the flir looks handy because of the light on either end but how easy is the light on it to see?

 

[Noob2013]

Ideal for fault finding a light fitting for dodgy ballast