Fluke 6500-2 Surge Extension test

[andynmoore]

Hello all,
I am new to PAT testing and have a Fluke 6500-2. I am having an issue whereby I cannot seem to drop the voltage down to 250V when testing a surge protected extension lead. I have read in a couple of places that without a means of lowering it from 500V simply hit the IEC test button, let it do the EB continuity test, let it fail at the IR test, save it and make a note. Is there any way of lowering the voltage so I can run successful tests with these extensions?

Thank you

P.S. Is it me or does anyone else think the Fluke 6500-2 can be a bit unintuitive to use?

 

[Moley]

I'm almost 100% sure the 6500-2 is fixed at 500v. As long as all other tests pass then pass the lead and make a note.

 

[AbdulS]

Hello all,
I am new to PAT testing and have a Fluke 6500-2. I am having an issue whereby I cannot seem to drop the voltage down to 250V when testing a surge protected extension lead. I have read in a couple of places that without a means of lowering it from 500V simply hit the IEC test button, let it do the EB continuity test, let it fail at the IR test, save it and make a note. Is there any way of lowering the voltage so I can run successful tests with these extensions?

Thank you

P.S. Is it me or does anyone else think the Fluke 6500-2 can be a bit unintuitive to use?

Hi, I have the 6500-2. May I suggest that you use the auto code 302 for surge protected extention leads- IEC (301) is your standard extention lead @ IR of 500V