Which Tester to choose?

[somersetsparks]

well rcd's were in use long before no-trip testers came on the market so shoving wire links across the rcd terminals was common practise for a long time

I still do it in empty places saves wasting time staring at the empty megger screen waiting for inaccurate results to appear!

 

[lauriehurman]

I've said it before - I'll say it again

If you're going to go to the trouble of fitting a temporary wire link to get an accurate result then why not fit it between line and earth at a socket or light and then test across the open RCD.

Laurie

 

[jamsey]

personally i own a metrel eurotester and never had a problem, easy to use, even came with a in van charger which is really handy if you forget to charge it the night before use lol it has all the bels and whistles the the megger stuff has and you can even get a version that pugs into your pc, or buetoth....lol

 

[SensesFail]

Iv not long bought the megger 1730 with software good meter easy to use although the software takes abit of getting used to. But really a good old test sheet and pen do just as good. Looked at the fluke 54B and that looked really good. The megger is well built and packed with great features.

 

[somersetsparks]

Iv not long bought the megger 1730 with software good meter easy to use although the software takes abit of getting used to. But really a good old test sheet and pen do just as good. Looked at the fluke 54B and that looked really good. The megger is well built and packed with great features.

They would be good testers, they have good features and are very quick but the quality is very poor, all 3 on our company have been sent back at 6-9 months old with various faults, software and hardware, its covered by the warranty but that doesnt mean much when you lose the use of something you paid for while they fix it.
after many years of megger, I think they are looking into other makes.
Our testers are used all day every day on I&T's so do get put through they're paces but should still be able to do 6 months without a problem.

The leads that came with 1730 were of such quality that when i tried to pull the probe tip off of it to put the croc clip on it ripped the cable out of probe, brilliant

 

[sparkyman65]

used most fluke, robin, kewtech, metrel but opted for megger tester is easy to use and in all fairness their support network is one of the best

 

[DNS1]

I use a Metrel and can't fault it...

It gets laughed at because it's not a Megger or Fluke, it gets laughed at because it's bright blue and yellow, but it's very easy to use and very accurate!

I wouldn't be without mine!