Some daft questions...

[nstreet]

If you are worried about using an elctric test screwdriver, why not try one of these

 

[breezer]

they are better, but even more fun if you rub it fast on your jumper (they light up)

 

[sterose]

as flashbang said, to test it on a plug you have to have it open, which means it can be touched, and supose it is in a non switced socket (some one will) how you going to unplug it?

Sorry, you are correct.

I was thinking of the socket and not the plug, and indeed, let alone getting the plug out: how would you get it in - because the pins would just push out of the plug casing.

 

[Toml]

If you are still worried about sticking your tester screwdriver on a live wire, convince your woman that she should do it, to 'get in touch' with her masculine side

 

[sterose]

If you are still worried about sticking your tester screwdriver on a live wire, convince your woman that she should do it, to 'get in touch' with her masculine side

I assume you are referring to zetecuk, and not me.

 

[Toml]

yes, sorry sterose, didnt mean you any chance you can answer my question below this one in the forum?

 

[BR]

A non-contact phase tester or 'volt stick' has very much replaced the traditional model in the professional’s toolbox. You can get much different sensitivity and some also bleep as well as light up. They can be got calibrated to 110V and 230V but will work on a much wider voltage range. I would recommend the Fluke volt alert for domestic wiring. As for rubbing it on your jumper, its not advisable as it disrupts the calibration making the unit more sensitive. Not much use in a JB full of wires! It is important to remember however that evey device needs both a live and neutral to work. The phase tester only indicates the presence of a live. To test for live and neutral/earth a meter or testlamp is invaluable.

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

If you are worried about using an elctric test screwdriver, why not try one of these

Do these really work ? as all our "rings" and lighting basically run through the same holes in upstairs joists and I need to break into a ring to add sockets to it and dont really want to rip up all the boards to find which cable is which.E.g. if I lifted one cable away from the others (got plenty of slack) will the others affect it ?

 

[BR]

Do you mean that you could use it to find which cable is which by turing the power to the others off? Yes you could put the voult stick alongside the insulated cable and it would tell you which one's are live. Alternativly you could use 'tone tracing kit' (similar to those used in the telephone industry) to find the appropriate cable, but seeing as you are unlikly to have one of these the volt stick idea will work fine. Wheather the insuated cable is touching others down the line does not affect the volt sticks reading.

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

Do you mean that you could use it to find which cable is which by turing the power to the others off? Yes you could put the voult stick alongside the insulated cable and it would tell you which one's are live. Alternativly you could use 'tone tracing kit' (similar to those used in the telephone industry) to find the appropriate cable, but seeing as you are unlikly to have one of these the volt stick idea will work fine. Wheather the insuated cable is touching others down the line does not affect the volt sticks reading.

Cheers BR, didnt fancy stripping upstairs to find which cable goes where especially as I have an easy access to where I want to go at the mo.

 

[supersparks]

hmmm.....gd interpritation, but dont work to same effect scoby!

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

Hey, don't knock it til you tried it !!!!

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

Or is that the other way round ?

 

[zetecuk]

If you are still worried about sticking your tester screwdriver on a live wire, convince your woman that she should do it, to 'get in touch' with her masculine side

I made her test out the electric shower i fitted before I went in it

 

[masona]

I made her test out the electric shower i fitted before I went in it

Was there room for 1 more then