I've a dead socket, but if I flick my proximity pen against the cables that feed it I can OCCASIONALLY get it to flicker.
It's freaky.
It's freaky.
Proximity tester gremlin?
- Thread starter theflyingpig
- Start date
Does it do the same flicked against other things - like a bit of wood or tiles?
it is also hazardous to safe working
- Joined
- 8 May 2017
- Messages
- 10,479
- Reaction score
- 2,775
- Country
If you rub it on your sweater sleeve it will flicker like a disco light. Don't worry ,your sweater isn't live !!!
Indeed
- Joined
- 27 Jan 2008
- Messages
- 27,423
- Reaction score
- 3,310
- Location
- Llanfair Caereinion, Nr Welshpool
- Country
My non contact voltage tester (NCV)
seems to do a reasonable job, it can also measure current with non contact, and one of these
work very well, seems to detect cables buried over 3 foot deep, there are a whole range of non contact tester, each designed for a different job, but the simple reed switch is well known for detecting even static, with the one I use it has four levels with buzzer and visual display, shown with all four bars showing, it can still mislead, but less likely to.
I think most assume you are talking about one of these,
they are to my mind rather expensive, £25 when mine was £35 seems wrong, for £10 extra I get 4 levels, AC and DC current down to 0.001 amp, digital display, also measures with wired connection ohms and AC and DC volts. Some variants also measure frequency. Plus a hold feature.
seems to do a reasonable job, it can also measure current with non contact, and one of these I think most assume you are talking about one of these,
they are to my mind rather expensive, £25 when mine was £35 seems wrong, for £10 extra I get 4 levels, AC and DC current down to 0.001 amp, digital display, also measures with wired connection ohms and AC and DC volts. Some variants also measure frequency. Plus a hold feature.For less than £10 it is possible to purchase a 2 pole voltage tester which is a much better way to ensure that a circuit is safe to be worked on. https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-ms8922b-ac-dc-2-pole-voltage-tester-with-rcd-400v/669hy
