non contact voltage detector for £1.98

[trev]

with the £2 version i'd prove it every time before i touched bare copper

So if you're proving dead anyway what's the point of it? That £2 could have bought a Pasty and a cup of tea from Greggs or a saveloy dip from Dicksons

 

[ExArmy]

So if you're proving dead anyway what's the point of it? That £2 could have bought a Pasty and a cup of tea from Greggs or a saveloy dip from Dicksons

no sorry i meant i'd check to see if the £2 tester was still working, so for example i'm changing a light in the kitchen, lighting circuit is off, i check for voltage using the £2 tester, if it doesn't light up then i'd check it on a known source i.e the kitchen ring or the DB and if it lit up then i'd crack on, but if it didn't then i'd have to go and get something else to test it with(voltage/continuity tester leads) as the £2 tester has obviously developed a fault! never had one go faulty yet though i've used fluke and metrel ones for the past few years, it's such simple technology if used right i can't see there being a problem with the cheap one either.

 

[wallyanker]

no sorry i meant i'd check to see if the £2 tester was still working, so for example i'm changing a light in the kitchen, lighting circuit is off, i check for voltage using the £2 tester, if it doesn't light up then i'd check it on a known source i.e the kitchen ring or the DB and if it lit up then i'd crack on, but if it didn't then i'd have to go and get something else to test it with(voltage/continuity tester leads) as the £2 tester has obviously developed a fault! never had one go faulty yet though i've used fluke and metrel ones for the past few years, it's such simple technology if used right i can't see there being a problem with the cheap one either.

WOW... I would never use one of these to prove dead. I had one given a while ago and it lights up when it wants too.

 

[trev]

The one I got from the wholesaler lit up on a bit of wood in the back garden, that;s why I've never used it

 

[robsparky1975]

Ive been using these for years and if used for the job that they are intended they are a useful tool.Would it be wrong to think that most electronic equiptment was indeed made in china anyway so what looks like an immitation fluke may actually be the same spec just bagded up differently,after all your tv sets,pcs etc are all made there.

 

[One_of_them]

I use them for a quick reference on fluorescent fittings to see if anything is coming out of the ballast so I know if its the that or the tubes for defo. I found use for them on other little bits and pieces to but I would not trust it to prove dead

 

[telectrix]

just got mine in the post. identical to the fluke one i lost when working in a house when a plumber was there!. as said previously, they've got their place in the great scheme of life and if used correctly, no problem.

 

[wade88]

i have two and use them as musical drumsticks to impress clients....its earned me a few more biscuits in my time.

 

[applemac]

my two stick turnt up after two weeks slow boat, quite impressed! bright and bit loud!

i was on a job monday and the dno pole guys love them , well fluke ones,