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I never had a shock through a neon either (unless the toerags I worked with swapped the resistor for a lower rated one!), and still use one. the H/S concerns are utter rubbish. went to a job once where a light would not turn off, soon diagnosed a nailed switch wire (rentokil had been doing woodworm treatment upstairs) .Took the bulb out and went over the nailheads with a neon, took about 5 mins to find it! (TRS- no earth wire) pulled the nail, repaired the cable and out the door.
Phil

Know the Neon tester debate is old hat now & NIC inspectors don't want you useing them etc etc but i've just been on the NIC website shop. In said shop they've got Proffesional Insulated Tool kits & Insulated Driver kits, most with nice NEON screwdrivers enclosed. So it's ok for them to sell them to an Electrician but not for said Electrician to use them ? Double standards methinks.
 
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It is a measuring and very useful test instrument. There are many types of multimeter. They have several settings for each type of meter and also have additional features such as transistor testing,ranges and frequency. I think, digital multimeter is the best multimeter. This is very easy to use and also the cheapest for testing simple projects.
 
It is a measuring and very useful test instrument. There are many types of multimeter. They have several settings for each type of meter and also have additional features such as transistor testing,ranges and frequency. I think, digital multimeter is the best multimeter. This is very easy to use and also the cheapest for testing simple projects.

Sorry: Don't quite understand your reply or it's relevance to the topic to be honest we all know about Multimeters, most of us use them on a Daily basis. As for the DMM being being the best then that would depend on what your testing & if you have any experience using an Analogue meter for testing, there are some jobs where a Digital multimeter is no match for an Analogue.
 
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Sorry: Don't quite understand your reply or it's relevance to the topic to be honest we all know about Multimeters, most of us use them on a Daily basis. As for the DMM being being the best then that would depend on what your testing & if you have any experience using an Analogue meter for testing, there are some jobs where a Digital multimeter is no match for an Analogue.

That is true slightly different job but telecom guys use analogue testers for some tests still
 

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