Recent content by bosco72

Haha, it was a joke, batteries come with their own meter on them now. The electrician is booked for weekend so hopefully we will get it resolved then.

Thanks for your reply, your advice is much much appreciated. And thank you for assuming that i knew where the earth terminal was on a plug socket. Although I'm sure you will get in trouble for that. I did get a little confused as to why the multimeter might blow up from the earth terminal...

Thanks for your response - but the theory is the same? And just as safe? (Within the boundaries of assuming the person using it knows what they are doing) Regards.

Thanks for the reply, much appreciate any calm and collective response i get on this subject. i would like to understand what and why this is happening. Thats the type of person i am. Im not offended by any and all advice given, that is why i use this forum. What can be offensive in which...

Could ask, in theory, if i stripped an extention down just to the earth wire, left the earth prong on the plug connected to the original plug but removed all other parts including wires and live and natural prongs from the plug, would this constitute as a safe enough earth wire to complete safe...

Im not planning on doing anything at this point. I was just asking the question out of curiosity. As i said at the top of the thread, i will get someone in. As soon as possible, i just wanted to get some sound info to try and safely gage the situation.

I get what you are saying and in some respects you are correct, but wow. I don't think you have any place in this forum or any forum with that attitude. People come on here to chat, the concept is simple and has been working for quite a while. They don't come on to be insulted and belittled. I...

Thanks a lot, this is exactly the info i was looking for, much appreciated. I have nothing near by to get that earth. I just wanted to get some readings. But if i cant achieve that, then thats fine also, could i plug an extension into a plug socket and use that earth? I'm not risking injury...

I have already stated i am getting an electrician, also thanks for showing me how to use google. Its almost like there are no forums to chat to friendly helpful people. Its a good job we only have google to use.

There are three switches in the circuit, 2xdouble and 1xsingle if one earth is not connected would this cause captive coupling? The meter has two ac settings, 600 and 200, if i have it at 600 i get no reading at all. But they way I'm doing is putting the red probe on the earth and the...

i do understand some of it and i was trying to be visually descriptive so it was clear on what i was doing, and prong was a mistake, i know its a probe. Im just not confident that my readings are correct. I confident enough to care about killing myself - i have changed many switches and light...

light on a tester screwdriver from light earth wire on a light switch, that in turn is give a light on the back box and screws. I have looked at all the switches and light fittings that are in the circuit no loose connections with wires, nothing perished, also not sure of how much power is...

so many multi meters to choose from, could some one point me in the correct direction? I would like to keep the cost low but not lose functionality. Please remember this will probably only ever get used a few times in its life span, this will not be a trade tool. Regards.

I will order one today. Thanks.