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the tester is a steinel combi check and just found it on tlc direct http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Test_Meters_Index/Test_Meters_8/index.html (at bottom of page) the test leads have been grinded down to meet GS38. Is this one ok for phase to phase checking?

nope not a multi tester, it is one of the little combi tester with GS38 leads. I've only tested dead circuit before after I've installed it for insualtion and continuity, then my boss would connect up to supply, and so was alittle paranoid about simply testing for a voltage in an existing...

simply using a combi tester (with probes <4mm) (or multimeter on correct setting) to test what voltage is between the two wires

A very simple/numbty question, but just to put my mind at ease. When using a combi test or multimeter, I presume it is ok to test between live and neutral, l & E, E & N or different live to live on 3 phase. Its not going to blow up/affect the circuit i'm testing is it?.

Hi, I'm installing a supply to my shed, and I havent done SWA glands before and am struggling like hell. My boss is going to come and check/test what i've done, but only when i'm done. He's told me basically what to do, but fitting the cw 20s gland for 3c 2.5 swa is a nightmare. I can get up...

thanks for the help

At college, I've been set a few different questions, which i need to explain how I would install different things. One question I'm unsure of: Add a sounder to an existing system can you simply extend the existing system by going into a sounder and spuring off the sounder. Or do you...