Wireless socket tester

[JosephandAmber]

I often conduct EICRs alone. I'm curious if there is a socket tester on the market that can transmit to a handheld unit. The idea was that I could flick switches at the board without running up 4 flights of stairs to check whether it was the right one. Or failing that, a socket tester that makes a seriously loud sound when live.

 

[Pretty Mouth]

I have a martindale FD550 fuse finder which kind of does what you're looking for. Plug it in, then back at the CU, you put the probe on each breaker in turn and the one that give the strongest signal is the right circuit. Switch off the circuit and the signal (and tone) should stop.

That's the theory anyway, in practice it isn't all that reliable, and takes a bit of getting used to. I recon it finds the right fuse about half of the time, but it does go silent when you switch the correct circuit off. It has other uses too, so overall I'm glad I have it.

 

[James]

A lot of the fluke meters have a Bluetooth connection to your phone/tablet. ,might be worth looking at?