Further to the £7 halfords cheap set that is now 1200 degrees heat.
These have a coating of rubber on the shaft & a moulded handled that keeps you safe from up to 1000 volts. If you are buying for a prezzie.... Get these.
You can use these plus they have the added bonus of you not get electrocuted should you put a screw into an electric circuit.
Throw the voltage tester in the bin. No pro would use it. They are not safe.- NO VOLTAGE TESTER OF THIS TYPE OF ANY MAKE IS SAFE
Do not work on live electrics with these. No sensible person would work on live electrics. These are for added safety. Which you do not get from the cheap Halfords set.
However the rest of them far out-value the Halfords set.
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nougat
15 Dec 166#11
I was considering these until I read all the comments. I feel like I've been told off just by reading them.If you put someone on your ignore list does it stop you seeing future posted deals or just the comments?
sparklehedgehog
15 Dec 164#21
I love their products but my screwdriver set has been returned and replaced 3 times in the past 4 months for tips shattering under load. Never had this problem with other makes. It's a shame as their products seem great and work when not broken
GrassSnakeUK
15 Dec 164#17
"no competent electrician should ever work live" good luck obtaining Ze, Zs and phase rotation then :wink:
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 163#3
Are you a qualified electrical engineer of any type?
No... You are not... Else you will know if the fuse in it is blown or faulty you will get a false reading & you could kill yourself. Regardless of the make.. These type of voltage testers are unsafe.
But hey you cant believe I say bin it? Me & all the other qualified people would say the same thing.
Safety first mate. Does that explain it for you?
(oh & the quality is better than Halfords & you wont die if you "make a mistake")
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Baz417
15 Dec 16#1
I got one of this set. Great value for the money. Cant go wrong with this price. Heat added.
YouDontWantToKnow to Baz417
15 Dec 16#2
Safer too
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 163#3
Are you a qualified electrical engineer of any type?
No... You are not... Else you will know if the fuse in it is blown or faulty you will get a false reading & you could kill yourself. Regardless of the make.. These type of voltage testers are unsafe.
But hey you cant believe I say bin it? Me & all the other qualified people would say the same thing.
Safety first mate. Does that explain it for you?
(oh & the quality is better than Halfords & you wont die if you "make a mistake")
callum84
15 Dec 161#4
These screwdrivers will be handy for around the house.
No one would ever work live with these, they would use Wiha, Wera, C.K etc.
One thing I have to say...
No one should be attempting live work unless they are a competent electrician and even then only if unreasonable to isolate circuit. Theres no excuse in your house.
Isolate, test and be safe.
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 16#5
Oh & as for safely testing voltage....
We all use something like a FLUKE 1AC-II VOLTAGE DETECTOR PEN
Yours for only circa £20 elsewhere but hey.. Do you know better?
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 161#6
No competent electrician would work live with anything unless totally unavoidable. These are for use so if you muck up hanging a picture you are not going to kill yourself when you put a screw through a live wire.
callum84
15 Dec 161#7
We both know that mate, it was more for anyone who didn't and fancied tinkering with their consumer unit or sockets.
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 162#8
The only people I know that work on live is dead people & those bypassing metres :wink:
YouDontWantToKnow
15 Dec 16#9
Oh right. so you didnt update, delete & duplicate your posts?
Anyway, these are better quality & SAFER than the halfords inferior product.
Have you got a Fluke Pen? Do you actually know what it does? Do you know that every electrician in the UK is instructed not to use Voltage Testers like in the above set?
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These have a coating of rubber on the shaft & a moulded handled that keeps you safe from up to 1000 volts. If you are buying for a prezzie.... Get these.
You can use these plus they have the added bonus of you not get electrocuted should you put a screw into an electric circuit.
Throw the voltage tester in the bin. No pro would use it. They are not safe.- NO VOLTAGE TESTER OF THIS TYPE OF ANY MAKE IS SAFE
Do not work on live electrics with these. No sensible person would work on live electrics. These are for added safety. Which you do not get from the cheap Halfords set.
However the rest of them far out-value the Halfords set.
Top comments
No... You are not... Else you will know if the fuse in it is blown or faulty you will get a false reading & you could kill yourself. Regardless of the make.. These type of voltage testers are unsafe.
But hey you cant believe I say bin it? Me & all the other qualified people would say the same thing.
Safety first mate. Does that explain it for you?
(oh & the quality is better than Halfords & you wont die if you "make a mistake")
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No... You are not... Else you will know if the fuse in it is blown or faulty you will get a false reading & you could kill yourself. Regardless of the make.. These type of voltage testers are unsafe.
But hey you cant believe I say bin it? Me & all the other qualified people would say the same thing.
Safety first mate. Does that explain it for you?
(oh & the quality is better than Halfords & you wont die if you "make a mistake")
No one would ever work live with these, they would use Wiha, Wera, C.K etc.
One thing I have to say...
No one should be attempting live work unless they are a competent electrician and even then only if unreasonable to isolate circuit. Theres no excuse in your house.
Isolate, test and be safe.
We all use something like a FLUKE 1AC-II VOLTAGE DETECTOR PEN
Yours for only circa £20 elsewhere but hey.. Do you know better?
Anyway, these are better quality & SAFER than the halfords inferior product.
Have you got a Fluke Pen? Do you actually know what it does? Do you know that every electrician in the UK is instructed not to use Voltage Testers like in the above set?
Have you? Do you? Do you? Thought not.... Bye