Earth Leakage Clamp Meter...Why do I need one?

[The Ghost]

the appliances go off

That'll help tracking the problem then.

 

[The Ghost]

Feeling a bit sanguine today ignore me.

 

[123]

I've never come unstuck and I don't own an earth leakage clamp meter.

I'm in the same boat, but rather than spent up to £500 on one, I am looking to see if there is a compelling reason, something that could save lots of time etc, as to why I should have one.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Is this earth leakage meter anything like my Amp clamp?

 

[Leesparkykent]

I'm in the same boat, but rather than spent up to £500 on one, I am looking to see if there is a compelling reason, something that could save lots of time etc, as to why I should have one.

I would spend the money elsewhere like the new flexvolt stuff I've been buying recently

 

[buzzlightyear]

for faults on RCD ,I normally take blood hound in for that .
oops nearly made mistake their, boom town rats .AK bob give us your Moines!

 

[123]

I would spend the money elsewhere like the new flexvolt stuff I've been buying recently

It's looking like I'll have a new dewalt laser level in the coming weeks

 

[Cadgey123]

I've never come unstuck and I don't own an earth leakage clamp meter.

Same, if there is a faulty item, it’s usually pretty straight forward to find.

 

[123]

for faults on RCD ,I normally take blood hound in for that .
oops nearly made mistake their, boom town rats .AK bob give us your Moines!

I'm lost??

 

[buzzlightyear]

I'm lost??

(spelling)

 

[Cadgey123]

I would still say 80% of my call outs with tripping RCDs or rcbos has been due to ingress of water.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I would still say 80% of my call outs with tripping RCDs or rcbos has been due to ingress of water.

Don’t touch the stuff unless it’s boils and had a teabag dunked in it.

 

[GBDamo]

What I can’t understand is what is the difference between some of the £300-500 dedicated earth clamp meters and £50-100 clamp meters that measures down to single digit milliamperes, and these are not total crap.

 

[telectrix]

the expensive ones are more accurate due to the lower resolution, but my cheapo thats resolution of 1 mA will do what i need. coupled with a hammer, can find any fault going.

 

[GBDamo]

What I can’t understand is what is the difference between some of the £300-500 dedicated earth clamp meters and £50-100 clamp meters that measures down to single digit milliamperes, and these are not total crap.

the expensive ones are more accurate due to the lower resolution, but my cheapo thats resolution of 1 mA will do what i need. coupled with a hammer, can find any fault going.

thought as much might get a cheap one and see how much hammer it gets before looking for something more accurate.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I think Fluke do one that I could plug into my multimeter.
Would imagine other multimeter companies do as well.

 

[Octopus]

I own a earth leakage clamp meter.

Useful to test background leakage .... Especially prior to doing a cu change and doing initial testing with rcd tripping.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Can use one to check how much battery drain you have on your car, motorbike, van.

 

[123]

I own a earth leakage clamp meter.

Useful to test background leakage .... Especially prior to doing a cu change and doing initial testing with rcd tripping.

I can see the CU Change bit as useful at quote stage to be fair. That's the first post that's given me any reason why I may actually use one.

Don't understand what you mean by "initial testing with rcd tripping"?

 

[Octopus]

Don't understand what you mean by "initial testing with rcd tripping"?

Well, I use it to check the amount of back ground leakage .......... because it can help to know if you have high back ground leakage .... then something small will tip it over.

I do this along with the standard RCD tests - to see what level the RCD (s) is / are tripping at.