Opinions on test lamps

[vernam616]

Hi all

Currently in the market for a new set of test lamps as the Fluke set i bought 12 years ago are getting tired and keep falling apart, quite miracuously they have the same batteries in since day one !

I dont fancy another set of Flukes as around 2-3 years in of ownership, where the lead entered the lamp it became very weak and i ended up taping it all up which has been the same since

Whats the "In" things in terms of test lamps at the moment?

Oh forgot to add, must have simple to use continuity function like the fluke along with phase rotation

 

[Engineer54]

I have absoluley no idea what you are talking about here??

So what DO you mean by ''Test Lamps"?? LED volt meter, multimeter, drummond type test lamp, lamp in a lamp holder connected to a couple of leads, ...What??

 

[bigdavs83]

Can't see past the new fluke ones mate. I've got the t110 ones and they are cracking.

 

[uksparks]

I'm confused

 

[Risteard]

Martindale or Drummond Test Lamps.

 

[Pete999]

Martindale or Drummond Test Lamps.

What he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[vernam616]

Im more confused that some people do not know the common phrase for the tool in our trade of "test lamps"

If we are being pedantic its a "Voltage Tester"

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Im more confused that some people do not know the common phrase for the tool in our trade of "test lamps"

If we are being pedantic its a "Voltage Tester"

Hi

I used to have the little Martindale. - which I loved,for its simplicity,as that is all it did. 4 neons. That's it.

however I left it somewhere and had to replace it, so upgraded to the one mentioned by another, the Fluke T110.

never been a fan of Fluke but have to say for the money (same as Martindale would have been) you get more. It has continuity, a little light, it's not bad actually. Had it 6 months now. I can see a lot of thought has gone into it.

hope that helps

S.

 

[Engineer54]

Im more confused that some people do not know the common phrase for the tool in our trade of "test lamps"

If we are being pedantic its a "Voltage Tester"

Really, ....i never called a voltage tester anything else but a voltage tester, so nothing pedantic about it. A Test lamp was generally (in my day at least) either a Drummond test lamp, a neon lamp with a couple of test leads, or at worst an incandescent lamp in a lamp holder with a couple bits of wires as test leads.

 

[Pete999]

Really, ....i never called a voltage tester anything else but a voltage tester, so nothing pedantic about it. A Test lamp was generally (in my day at least) either a Drummond test lamp, a neon lamp with a couple of test leads, or at worst an incandescent lamp in a lamp holder with a couple bits of wires as test leads.

Thought they were called "voltage indicators"

 

[vernam616]

Test lamps, a device with neon/led lamps inside which light upon whatever voltage is going through it

I think i was being polite when i said pedantic....

 

[Engineer54]

Thought they were called "voltage indicators"

Voltage meter, voltage indicator, voltage tester, but never heard them called a test lamp before, even the older Martindale multi neon voltage testers weren't called ''Test Lamps''

 

[Engineer54]

Test lamps, a device with neon/led lamps inside which light upon whatever voltage is going through it

I think i was being polite when i said pedantic....

Your now making it up as you go now!! lol!!

The above aren't and never have been called test lamps!!

 

[vernam616]

Jesus christ, ive worked with lots of electricians over the years and generally heard them called test lamps, a slang term for a voltage tester/indicator

Fool

 

[Pete999]

Your now making it up as you go now!! lol!!

The above aren't and never have been called test lamps!!

Voltage going through it???