fluke T3 about 15 years old for general use, and a fluke T5-1000 for posey jobs.
posh clients. where you wipe your feet going in instead of when coming out.
So basically posh jobs so you look the part, new work wear etc?
Thanks chaps, John Drummond...still got my somewhere in the garage, if I could find it. Don't think I could afford the T5 1000, my clients aren't that posh! That T50 looks like it has the same lead entry as my Dilog. So I'll keep looking.
yup. clean trainers and jeans with the knees still in them.
can't wear them steel toecaps. after 4 hours in them, i'm crippled.
can only ever remember once had something land on my toes. it was a full bottle of single malt which i dropped. had to stick my foot out to break it's fall.
the bottle survived intact but bruised my big toe. i call that a winner.
Don't think I could afford the T5 1000, my clients aren't that posh!
Hi Midwest,
I got my T5-1000 off ebay, Genuine & I registered it on Flukes website. A quick search & found this for £84.99
NEW FLUKE T5-1000 1000 Voltage Current Electrical Tester | eBay
Michael
Just to remind you of the dangers of not using testers... you may end up with a postumous fine!
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Mike nice bit of kit, but if you are using it for proving dead, live safe isolation then IMO you can't beat a proper voltage indicator and proving unit, or am I being an old foggy? probably
Just to remind you of the dangers of not using testers... you may end up with a postumous fine!
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have to make do with a pine coffin rather than solid oak or mahogany.
I was thinking more like plywood lol
i thought you were going green and having a cardboard coffinplywood? bloody luxury. chipboard or mdf for complete naff cheap. i'm going 1 better and having an ex-wardrobe. it's only going to be burnt anyway.
I was at Elex in Coventry last year and had a discussion with some test meter exhibitors and the consensus was that the testers with the test facility only test the electronics of the tester, not the voltage you are applying.Hi Pete999,
I have also got a Megger MPU690 proving unit, I don't see any point getting a voltage indicator also as I can use the proving unit with my T5-1000 or am I wrong?
Michael
beer don't come in boxes big enough. suppose i could sellotape a dozen together though.
let me guess, he sleeps in itWhen I had the Flightcase business one of my crew built himself a flightcase coffin.
I sold him all the bits at cost +50% and he made it in his own time. He got a bargain and I got some beer. Happy happy happy.
I've not seen him for a few years so don't know if he's using it yet.
let me guess, he sleeps in it
I asked the same question not so long ago. I ended up getting a Fluke T150, which I think cost me about £50, plus another £20 for a case for it.
It's alright, it's got a self-test and automatically switches between voltage and continuity, it has a light on it and tests phase rotation, but some of the guys here prefer a reading instead of an LED lighting up.
My only real problem with it is I'd prefer a resistance reading instead of just a beep, but maybe I'm just being fussy.
I think the next tester I'll get will be the T5, like everyone else seems to have.
The T150 can do resistance testing up to 1999Ohms. A handy bit of kit imo.