Looking for a cheap test kit

[Guest77]

yes I have a 1720 and it comes with a carry case and a brand new ethos test calibration box, all leads and first class insured signed for delivery, if your interested pm me and we can have a chat.

 

[Manutd4life]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll have a search on fleabay and the likes and see what I can find. I'm not after any fancy as I think most of those sound quite expensive. If I use it quite a lot then I will consider a better one, up to now this will just to get me by until I know I will use it often

 

[telectrix]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll have a search on fleabay and the likes and see what I can find. I'm not after any fancy as I think most of those sound quite expensive. If I use it quite a lot then I will consider a better one, up to now this will just to get me by until I know I will use it often

you'd be daft to buy from an unknown source on ebay when mike's offerring you the top of the range megger , known to be kosher.

 

[trev]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll have a search on fleabay and the likes and see what I can find. I'm not after any fancy as I think most of those sound quite expensive. If I use it quite a lot then I will consider a better one, up to now this will just to get me by until I know I will use it often

Apart from the risk of buying stolen gear on fleabay there's always the old saying to consider "Buy cheap buy twice"
Get on to Mike or you're not a proper Geordie ye madheed.
You won;t need to upgrade from that tester mate

 

[Manutd4life]

you'd be daft to buy from an unknown source on ebay when mike's offerring you the top of the range megger , known to be kosher.

Apart from the risk of buying stolen gear on fleabay there's always the old saying to consider "Buy cheap buy twice"
Get on to Mike or you're not a proper Geordie ye madheed.
You won;t need to upgrade from that tester mate

Pi know what you're both saying but money is a bit tight at the minute hence why I'm starting to do this extra work. This may not work out but I hope it does.

plus trev, I'm not a Geordie, I'm a manc stealing your women :smug:

 

[trev]

plus trev, I'm not a Geordie, I'm a manc stealing your women :smug:

Quit now while you're ahead bonny lad. They don't call it the GALLOWgate end for nothing you know

 

[Octopus]

Pi know what you're both saying but money is a bit tight at the minute hence why I'm starting to do this extra work. This may not work out but I hope it does.

plus trev, I'm not a Geordie, I'm a manc stealing your women :smug:

It sounds like you need to make sure of ALL your costs to get going before you do anything!

 

[Manutd4life]

It sounds like you need to make sure of ALL your costs to get going before you do anything!

Thats exactly what I'm doing mate. I'm pretty much sorted, just need a few jobs to come my way and I'm sorted

 

[telectrix]

Pi know what you're both saying but money is a bit tight at the minute hence why I'm starting to do this extra work. This may not work out but I hope it does.

plus trev, I'm not a Geordie, I'm a manc stealing your women :smug:

a manc could not handle a geordie woman. you couldn't even cope with the scouse rejects we sent up the ship canal to you.

 

[Richard Burns]

There is the seaward powertest 1557 that does most of the tests you might need.
It does not do a high current loop test and does not do phase rotation but it does do an RCD ramp test, they come in around £300
PowerTest 1557 multifunction tester Best of British kit - Seaward

 

[uksparks]

I appreciate you don't want to spend much money, but I guess you could say, what are you going to do if you can't get enough work to justify a better one? Sell your other kit and call it a day? Sorry to sound all negative and putting a damper on it.

For me, I set out to mean business and to make sure I get enough work, I didn't start out thinking I'll get some cheap kit then if it works out I'll upgrade, it just doesn't sound very committing IMHO.

 

[uksparks]

But on a positive note, I think you are best off spending the most you can as to avoid buying twice as its false economy, fluke are good, any main brand is good to be honest.

 

[Manutd4life]

I appreciate you don't want to spend much money, but I guess you could say, what are you going to do if you can't get enough work to justify a better one? Sell your other kit and call it a day? Sorry to sound all negative and putting a damper on it.

For me, I set out to mean business and to make sure I get enough work, I didn't start out thinking I'll get some cheap kit then if it works out I'll upgrade, it just doesn't sound very committing IMHO.

All this is for extra work to top up my wage mate, circumstances have changed (for the better) and I need to make some extra quick cash over the weekends. The last I time I touched domestic properties was around 7 years ago. I may start doing this extra work and not like it, therefore I'm trying to keep my loses to minimum. I also said I don't want to spend much, that doesn't mean I won't spend much on a test kit.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Ebay have some real bargains on MFT'S sometimes if you time it right !!!

yep...


it never ceases to amaze me what turns up in there....

 

[uksparks]

All this is for extra work to top up my wage mate, circumstances have changed (for the better) and I need to make some extra quick cash over the weekends. The last I time I touched domestic properties was around 7 years ago. I may start doing this extra work and not like it, therefore I'm trying to keep my loses to minimum. I also said I don't want to spend much, that doesn't mean I won't spend much on a test kit.

So what is it you do at the moment? What experience and qualifications have you got that are related to the electrical industry?