testing live wires

[tadders]

Hi guys, I'm after advise on checking live wires. Do I need a circuit tester or can I use the Electricians screwdriver I have, and if so how does it work. Many thanks

 

[telectrix]

sorry, mate. if you are asking that question, electrics is not for you.

 

[Adam W]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[telectrix]

sorry tadders, i was a bit abrupt there. the neon driver is a no-no as it utilises your bodt for an earth path. what you need is an approved voltage tester, either LCD or LED. a volt stick is a good approximate guide as to whether a cable/circuit is live , but not to be relied on.

 

[malcolmsanford]

sorry, mate. if you are asking that question, electrics is not for you.

ohhhhhhhhhh you b***h .................

 

[SMB]

what colour is the bulb in your screwdriver?

 

[tadders]

thankyou guys, the bulb is clear

 

[telectrix]

honestly, mate. that neon driver you,ve got is best kept for picking your nose.

 

[Adam W]

what colour is the bulb in your screwdriver?

You mean lamp - screwdrivers go in the ground.

 

[ian.settle1]

what colour is the bulb in your screwdriver?

WTF has the colour of the bulb he has in screwdriver got to do with it?

If you are a electrician you should know bulbs are things that grow in the ground such as daffodils or tulips the proper name is

LAMPS NOT BULBS

 

[telectrix]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

 

[i=p/u]

so if you rub the lamp, uve got a genie

 

[telectrix]

aren't genies made up of DNA

 

[i=p/u]

isn't a bulb a lamp

 

[telectrix]

not when it's a daffodil

 

[malcolmsanford]

No tecnically it is a lamp not a bulb, like Ian I was taught very early in my career that bulbs are something you stick in the ground.

It came about like hoover for a vacuum cleaner, as the incandescent lamp in a house is bulbed shaped it just stuck.

 

[Adam W]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

Florence Nightingale was the "lady with the lamp", not the "lady with the bulb".

 

[telectrix]

but her lamp had a candle inside it. so a lamp it the whole light unit, later versions , obviously came with a candle bulb, not a candle lamp, as that is what she had in 1875

 

[malcolmsanford]

so... edison didn't invent the light bulb, he invented the light lamp. all is become clear ( or is it pearl)

aren't genies made up of DNA

not when it's a daffodil

but her lamp had a candle inside it. so a lamp it the whole light unit, later versions , obviously came with a candle bulb, not a candle lamp, as that is what she had in 1875

Your bored aren't you mate

 

[telectrix]

yep. her indoors is outdoors, just done a fire alarm call-out ( pushed in glass on a call point) power washing the patio, but it's too cold and my feet are wet. sod it, going to the offy for some beer.