Proving dead at a pendant -,no cpc

[Mikegh]

All these procedures for proving dead in the UK are mostly new to me .

We were expected to be competent to work safely with the training we were given, I don't recall ever being taught to prove dead as such

So is there a set procedure for proving dead in this scenario with approved devices ,I'm scratching my head?

 

[pirate]

My T150 has that

 

[timhoward]

My T150 has that

Complete tangent but do you ever use the resistance measurement thing on it? I've always wondered if it's actually worth having that model, but argued with myself that if I'd end up dragging out the MFT anyway for accuracy reasons....

 

[Mikegh]

I think that's a generalisation too far - to my thinking it depends where you are and what you are doing.
If you are at a distribution board and want to confirm the polarity is correct and the entire thing is safely isolated a 2 pole tester is the right tool. The circuit that fed the pendent without the cpc can be confirmed dead at the distribution board too.
If however you are confronted with two wires and no cpc then I agree a single pole (or a double pole that detects voltage when just one pole is connected) will do a better job. Or a volt stick.
I'm not selling my two pole testers!

I was exaggerating to make a point

 

[nicebutdim]

I thought people paid extra for the T150 to avail of its vibrate function.

 

[pirate]

Frankly, the resistance measurement is a bit of a faff, it switches off after about 15 seconds, so by the time you have established a good connection it's gone...I used it on an oven element recently, but my cheapo multimeter was much easier to use. Also, it has very limited range, so really not very useful, imho.

 

[telectrix]

You learn more that way with crude instruments than fancy gadgets

I can remember the old solenoid voltage testers

They had a plunger that moved up depending on the voltage and were guaranteed to trip an Rcd

I wish I had one now I'd probably find an application for it troubleshooting which some of the modern technology can't do

I got one somewhere in stores.