Sorry if that is a joke and I don't get it but I do live directly above the tube line.
light fitting in bathroom
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there are a number of options.
Is it a screwdriver with a transistor driven LED lamp and a battery, or a screwdriver with no battery, and a neon lamp?
The former measures resistance, and is good, as you say for checking bulbs and fuses. Used to be common for automotive wiring diagnostics, not often seen now. Useless for screws as the cheap steep tip chews off.
The latter is good for detecting induced voltages in dead cables that pass near live ones, proper voltages in live cables, and impending electrical storms. Useless for tight screws as the cheap steel tip chews off, and at high torque the handle shatters, piercing the flesh with shards of plastic and glass.
Or perhaps, just possibly does it look like the Doctor Who kind, with an eerie blue glow and a buzzing sound when operational, in which case it will open tins of paint, break locks, reverse transmat beams, halt alien battleships and cause Billy Piper to go 'ooh' at a moment chosen for optimium dramatic effect. Still useless for screws as the alien metal alloy shears the heads off in seconds.
If this let me know wher you got it - I'd like to try and make Billy Piper go 'ooh' myself.
Is it a screwdriver with a transistor driven LED lamp and a battery, or a screwdriver with no battery, and a neon lamp?
The former measures resistance, and is good, as you say for checking bulbs and fuses. Used to be common for automotive wiring diagnostics, not often seen now. Useless for screws as the cheap steep tip chews off.
The latter is good for detecting induced voltages in dead cables that pass near live ones, proper voltages in live cables, and impending electrical storms. Useless for tight screws as the cheap steel tip chews off, and at high torque the handle shatters, piercing the flesh with shards of plastic and glass.
Or perhaps, just possibly does it look like the Doctor Who kind, with an eerie blue glow and a buzzing sound when operational, in which case it will open tins of paint, break locks, reverse transmat beams, halt alien battleships and cause Billy Piper to go 'ooh' at a moment chosen for optimium dramatic effect. Still useless for screws as the alien metal alloy shears the heads off in seconds.
If this let me know wher you got it - I'd like to try and make Billy Piper go 'ooh' myself.
I've already got a tool that would do that.
I have one of those led screwdriver's and it shows this behavior. It is Ok for testing continuity of fuses only. If you touch one end and hold the other on any large metallic surface, or long unterminated wire, it lights regardless of what you touch with your hand. It always lights at full brightness and will detect static if shaken in a bag!!
Good for checking leaking microwaves, breaks in mains leads, dead fuses or just prating around but is no decent tester.
Good for checking leaking microwaves, breaks in mains leads, dead fuses or just prating around but is no decent tester.
It is one of those with a battery tester. Just went into Ryness at lunch to ask about multimeters.
When asked for a bit of advice about how they are used I was told....
"Well, it's all trial and error really. Just keep trying stuff until you get what you want"
Not the kind of advice that inspires confidence.
When asked for a bit of advice about how they are used I was told....
"Well, it's all trial and error really. Just keep trying stuff until you get what you want"
Not the kind of advice that inspires confidence.
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/multimtr.htm might be a bit more useful in getting you started. I'm sure there are better pages out there.
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