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ksjh:
Are there any cheap socket testers with buzzer available?
Perhaps it would be an idea to get one of those in addition to a proper two-pole voltage tester, if they are available. Just for finding the right circuit breaker and then test for voltage afterwards with a "real" tester?

schmadde:

--- Quote from: robert.rozee on November 17, 2024, 02:44:21 pm ---if safety is a concern, i'd be reluctant to walk away to a remote switchboard leaving a pair of probes plugged into a live mains outlet! what happens if the probe connected to the neutral falls out?

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Then the other end of the probe also falls out because both parts of the device are connected together through the case somehow. In my old tester it was through a "nut and bolt" connection that held the two parts together while in the correct distance; in other tools it seems to be possible to click them together. Of course, something like that would also be mandatory for a tester, but I think all of them have this feature. It is also highly unlikely, since the springs in the sockets hold the probes pretty tightly and gravity pulls in an (almost) 90° angle so not much force in the resulting vector.

In the last 15 years nothing like that ever happened so I might feel overconfident.


--- Quote ---it is now an exposed live wire

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Even if that happens - would that be a problem? Serious question, I thought the shunts for voltage measurement are in MOhm range, so that should be safe? If I use a "liar stick" (not sure how you call those screwdrivers with lamp for one pole measurement in english) I am also connected directly to the phase, right?


--- Quote ---in an area you are not directly supervising. or if you are called away suddenly, you end up leaving live test equipment unattended.

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If I do any work on mains circuits I usually tell everyone I am busy until I restored a safe environment. Whoever calls me away needs to wait (unless something more serious happens, like wife or kid falls from the ladder but then, see above).


--- Quote ---for those times when you need audible indication from the next room, far better to use a dedicated device: a plugpack or similar with a buzzer attached. or for making sound from a light fitting use an LED light bulb modified to remove the LEDs and replace them with a buzzer.

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Well, for me even the two pole tester is kind of hard to justify when everyone else is just using a liar stick for that purpose. Yet another device is going too far even for me.

I just found out that the Uni-T apparently also has not thick probes so I will need to check voelkner again it seems. Any other suggestions?

Hmm Voelkner has the successor of my old one (a VC-55) on sale for 30€ right now. Maybe I will try that one.

ksjh:

--- Quote from: schmadde on November 17, 2024, 03:39:03 pm ---Hmm Voelkner has the successor of my old one (a VC-55) on sale for 30€ right now. Maybe I will try that one.

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I think you found one that does what you want it to do. And the price is excellent. I have not been able to find out who the original manufacturer of this device is. But it is essentially offered by the German company Conrad Electronic and I would expect that they do proper testing for specs and safety before selling meters under their own brand.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: ksjh on November 17, 2024, 03:32:01 pm ---Are there any cheap socket testers with buzzer available?

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Yes, they're called radios.

There's other ones called light bulbs which give excellent visual indication.

ksjh:

--- Quote from: Fungus on November 17, 2024, 05:11:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: ksjh on November 17, 2024, 03:32:01 pm ---Are there any cheap socket testers with buzzer available?

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Yes, they're called radios.

There's other ones called light bulbs which give excellent visual indication.

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 :) I was more thinking about a mains-powered, small and portable device, but you are completely right, for use at home, you could use almost anything, even a vacuum cleaner.

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