Which voltage tester is best for a apprentice

[Adam_glover18]

Hi
I'm a apprentice mainly doing industrial and commercial work what voltage tester would be best for me any advice would be great.

Adam

 

[Phil]

fluke t5 for me

 

[pennywise]

martindale 4 neon for me

 

[Adam_glover18]

Cheers for the advice

 

[J@mes]

Fluke T5-1000 here. I find the current measuring feature useful!

 

[johnboy6083]

fluke for me too!

 

[Adam_glover18]

Where's the best place to buy them from ?

 

[Mark_Burgess]

isswww

 

[Adam_glover18]

Cheers pal I'll av a look on there

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Fluke T100.

 

[Former Sponsor TM]

Purely for voltage testing, I would also say the Martindale VI13700/G Voltage Detector. Never goes faulty and so easy to use.

Apparantly Megger are also bringing out a range of different 2 pole voltage testers in January. Considering their normal standards that might be worth looking out for...

 

[mayfair]

Fluke t5 1000 nice bit a kit worth you saving up for

 

[eskimo39]

Only thing wrong with T5 is having to switch on/off etc. The T120 is a cheaper starter meter. The martindale 4 neon doesn't have continuity which I think you will find usefull.

 

[Guest123]

Where's the best place to buy them from ?

Why not try our sponsors.....Test Meters, Electrical Testing Equipment & Measurement Instruments

I also am a fluke T5 man.

 

[megger mark]

The Fluke tester is good, you might want to check this one out from Milwaukee.

Its got a few advantages over the Fluke in that it reads up to 200a, measures temprature and has a built in torch and Volt detector.

 

[Guest123]

The Fluke tester is good, you might want to check this one out from Milwaukee.

Its got a few advantages over the Fluke in that it reads up to 200a, measures temprature and has a built in torch and Volt detector.

I've seen that one Mark......I nearly did a small wee!!!

 

[cagedanimal2010]

Fluke T5-1000 works like a dream for me !

 

[Spudnik]

Used my brand new Di-log a couple of times and the LCD display is very dim, almost as if the "battery" is low.

Anyone else have this trouble or do i need to send it back?

Ta.

 

[megger mark]

I've seen that one Mark......I nearly did a small wee!!!

now i nearly did one!

 

[Festerfly]

Got a Fluke T120 myself. Love it!

 

[mogga]

like the look of the milwaulkee ones the 12v clamp meter looks brill

 

[Dean Williams]

Steinel ombi-test for me, i've had mine since i was an apprentice. 10 years and still reliable as ever

 

[Lofty]

Seaward VT800D for me has digital readout for voltage AND resistance as well as buzzer and a LED.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I have the Fluke T100, it has little red LED's the light up to show voltage, its very easy and pretty much idiot proof to use, hence the reason i have one.

 

[eskimo39]

Seaward VT800D for me has digital readout for voltage AND resistance as well as buzzer and a LED.

Hi mate, how do you rate this? Does it trip RCD,s when testing directly accross L & PE like the Flukes seem to do (if you don't test accross L & N first). Sorry to sound geeky but are the leads plastic or slightly rubbery? Only ask as I am desperate for a new Voltage meter as I hate having to use the selection dial on my Fluke T5 and am just after something I can turn on and use for all features with auto selection.

 

[Lofty]

Hi Eskimo39,

I like this tester have had it for several years now and all I have had to replace are batts. It will however trip the RCD's as you have described UNLESS you test L and N then within 5 sec L and PE then it won't trip. The display is all LCD and has a rising scale instead of the usual led's and ALSO has a numeric digital readout. Continuity, it will display the actual ohm's reading as well as a yellow LED and buzzer. most others only buzz and have a single LED.
The leads on it are I suppose rubbery i wouldn't say that they were plastic at all not given the price of these things.



You have two buttons on the handle, ones a light for the probes the other is for ohm's readings, that's all the controls it has.

Hope that this has helped you decide.

Cheers,
Lofty.

 

[Lofty]

Hopefully there is a pic of the VT800D above. Not to be confused with the VT800 which is the NON digital version i.e. it has the string of led's.

Cheers,
Lofty

 

[Lofty]

Hi All,
I have it on good authority that the volt probes branded and sold by Newey's are in fact manufactured by the same company that make the Di-log ones i.e. they are the same only possibly a little cheaper ???. they're even yellow like the Di-log ones.

 

[pennywise]

Hi All,
I have it on good authority that the volt probes branded and sold by Newey's are in fact manufactured by the same company that make the Di-log ones i.e. they are the same only possibly a little cheaper ???. they're even yellow like the Di-log ones.

and the Di-Log ones look suspiciously like the flukes ;-)

 

[Spudnik]

Trust me when i say they are not the same

Also, to prevent RCD trips...... first on last off.