testing live wires

[tadders]

Hi guys, I'm after advise on checking live wires. Do I need a circuit tester or can I use the Electricians screwdriver I have, and if so how does it work. Many thanks

 

[malcolmsanford]

No tecnically it is a lamp not a bulb, like Ian I was taught very early in my career that bulbs are something you stick in the ground.

It came about like hoover for a vacuum cleaner, as the incandescent lamp in a house is bulbed shaped it just stuck.

 

[Adam W]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

Florence Nightingale was the "lady with the lamp", not the "lady with the bulb".

 

[telectrix]

but her lamp had a candle inside it. so a lamp it the whole light unit, later versions , obviously came with a candle bulb, not a candle lamp, as that is what she had in 1875

 

[malcolmsanford]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

aren't genies made up of DNA

not when it's a daffodil

but her lamp had a candle inside it. so a lamp it the whole light unit, later versions , obviously came with a candle bulb, not a candle lamp, as that is what she had in 1875

Your bored aren't you mate

 

[telectrix]

yep. her indoors is outdoors, just done a fire alarm call-out ( pushed in glass on a call point) power washing the patio, but it's too cold and my feet are wet. sod it, going to the offy for some beer.

 

[Geordie Spark]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

I've always held the view that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb - Joseph Swan did.

 

[telectrix]

thought he was matches

 

[Knobhead]

sorry, mate. if you are asking that question, electrics is not for you.

Hard but true!

 

[william44444]

is he serious???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[poppypiesdad]

is it beer or ale ?

 

[telectrix]

is it beer or ale ?

what's the difference?

 

[Lofty]

The difference between beer and ale is the way it is brewed and the way that the yeast ferments.

Yep,i'm bored as well and it's raining as well !

Cheers,
Lofty.

 

[telectrix]

to get back to the question " testing live wires", no need for neons, volt sticks, or any other form of electrical test equipment. all you need is a couple of horses

 

[ian.settle1]

is he serious???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

who????

 

[ian.settle1]

to get back to the question " testing live wires", no need for neons, volt sticks, or any other form of electrical test equipment. all you need is a couple of horses