Intermittent sockets, wiring and fuses fine

[Octopus]

Plug the tester in.... Notice it's loose, and watch the readings of the volts change as you change the position of the plug in the socket....

 

[Pete999]

Plug the tester in.... Notice it's loose, and watch the readings of the volts change as you change the position of the plug in the socket....

Right thanks.

 

[FatAlan]

Pete. Haven't you heard of a shake, rock it, socket and see tester? Almost as good as Megger

 

[telectrix]

almost as good as my hammer method. if it works when you hit it, it's loose.

 

[Pete999]

Pete. Haven't you heard of a shake, rock it, socket and see tester? Almost as good as Megger

Heard of a socket tester, and I knew what the OP meant, I thought it was street talk for putting his socket tester in, nearly went to my post box to see if the postie had rocked some letters in for me

 

[GREEBO]

"Rocking my tester in the socket" what does that mean?

Its a technical term.

 

[Pete999]

Its a technical term.

Dumbest technical term Ive heard of.

 

[telectrix]

here's a nice technical explanation related to fault finding. it concerns the conversion of kinetic energy and Newton's Law which states that for any action, there is a corresponding equal reaction. basically put into layman's terms, this means to hit it with a hammer and see if it works.