Voltage / Continuity Testers - feedback required

[MarkieSparkie]

[FONT=&amp]If you are not interested in the LED or lamp indication Biff, but prefer a meter, then why buy a 2-pole voltage tester at all. HSE, GS38 only advises that the use of an approved 2-pole voltage detector for determining the presence or absence of voltage (proving dead) is the preferred method. Therefore there is nothing to stop you doing safe-isolation (proving dead), like any other voltage measurement, with a GS38 compliant MFT on the voltage range, it's just not best practice (ESC, BPG2), and you need to ensure that only a voltage range is selected for safety.
Note:- Approved voltage testers (AVT) that indicate voltage in broad bands do not require calibrating. If the AVT incorporates a meter it requires annual calibration, like any other meter, to assure accuracy.[/FONT]
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/gs38.pdf
http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/industry/best_practice/BPG2_09.pdf

 

[Guest55]

[FONT=&amp]If you are not interested in the LED or lamp indication Biff, but prefer a meter, then why buy a 2-pole voltage tester at all. HSE, GS38 only advises that the use of an approved 2-pole voltage detector for determining the presence or absence of voltage (proving dead) is the preferred method. Therefore there is nothing to stop you doing safe-isolation (proving dead), like any other voltage measurement, with a GS38 compliant MFT on the voltage range, it's just not best practice (ESC, BPG2), and you need to ensure that only a voltage range is selected for safety.
Note:- Approved voltage testers (AVT) that indicate voltage in broad bands do not require calibrating. If the AVT incorporates a meter it requires annual calibration, like any other meter, to assure accuracy.[/FONT]
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/gs38.pdf
http://www.esc.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/industry/best_practice/BPG2_09.pdf

I'll get banned for giving that post the reply it deserves.

 

[telectrix]

always used to use an apprentice with wet hands, but i ran out of apprentices in 1989.

 

[Rampage]

My Fluke T100 will trip RCD's according to the order you test L-N / L-E, you can get them for £32 if I shop around.
I briefly owned a Metrel but it got sent back due to parts missing, very poor build quality, Metrels name didn't appear on anywhere, both sides of the casing were a completely different shade and they managed to spell 'safety' wrong on the packaging. I contacted Metrel as I though it was a cheap copy, but they confirmed it was made by them!

 

[telectrix]

My Fluke T100 will trip RCD's according to the order you test L-N / L-E, you can get them for £32 if I shop around.
I briefly owned a Metrel but it got sent back due to parts missing, very poor build quality, Metrels name didn't appear on anywhere, both sides of the casing were a completely different shade and they managed to spell 'safety' wrong on the packaging. I contacted Metrel as I though it was a cheap copy, but they confirmed it was made by them!

obviously a friday afternoon job.

 

[Robotstar5]

I use a company issue Fluke T140, the question of calibration was raised but as we have plenty of other calibrated meters, just put a "for indication only" sticker on it.