its free postage on orders of £5 or more excl vat so you will have to add something to get free postage
Suitable for testing the wiring correctness of a standard 13A trailing socket.
LED indication of wiring status
200-250V rated voltage
Socket Tester Type:
BS 1363A Mains Socket Tester
Power Consumption:
1.45W
Frequency Min:
-
Frequency Max:
50Hz
Product Range:
-
Plug Type:
UK
1,808 In stock at time of posting
17 comments
mmachine
8 Jan 175#1
for those that might be thinking what you might use this for - if you plug say an electric kettle into a mains socket and the kettle does not appear to work - all you do is just plug this into the socket and if all the lights on this adapter light up then you know the mains socket is ok and the fault is with the kettle
Duelling Duck to mmachine
9 Jan 171#7
Do they do one with a light on that says if your fridge might be broken?
craigstephens to mmachine
9 Jan 17#8
Ahh, so that's what a mains tester plug does. They should really give it a more descriptive name.
yeomansinc
8 Jan 171#2
Good price! Paid more than this for a B&Q one recently and it was worth buying because I found one of our sockets was wired incorrectly.
its free postage on orders of £5 or more excl vat which it says in the description
goodfera
9 Jan 17#6
Looks good but data sheet on the website seems to be for a different one with red and green leds.
janner43
9 Jan 17#9
Excellent gadget to have in the house.
HereKittyKitty
9 Jan 17#10
So... You plug it in and turn on the switch, and if the plug is wired properly, it turns on? How does that differ from literally every single other electrical appliance in the entire world? Genuine question
Reebok Ron to HereKittyKitty
9 Jan 171#11
This tells you what the fault is and whether the socket has been wired correctly, not just whether the socket doesn't work or not which would be pretty obvious anyway. It's a safety device.
Delbert Grady to HereKittyKitty
9 Jan 172#13
Because most electrical appliances will still turn on and work ok even if the socket is wired incorrectly, such as having the live and neutral wires reversed or having no earth. This tester plug will tell you if there's a wiring problem.
muddassarsardar
9 Jan 17#12
not really for a normal person more of a electricians tool. Unless.u have borrowers aliens or something else that will come to ur house and mess with the wiring in ur plugs it should be the same as it was when u had the electrics done so not much chance of a plug suddenly having wires mixed up.
m4dm3n
9 Jan 17#14
Should be useful to diagnose poor speeds when using powerline adaptors. May get one for that reason. Thanks OP
peterszy
9 Jan 17#15
thanks for posting and just ordered off Amazon...thanks to mmachine!! free delivery clinched it. Another purchase I don't really need though.
Gaz72
9 Jan 17#16
Even a neutral and CPC reversal?
b1g1an
10 Jan 17#17
Unless you did the wiring yourself, you don't know what some cowboy may have done in the past. Especially true of any modern estate.
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Suitable for testing the wiring correctness of a standard 13A trailing socket.
LED indication of wiring status
200-250V rated voltage
Socket Tester Type:
BS 1363A Mains Socket Tester
Power Consumption:
1.45W
Frequency Min:
-
Frequency Max:
50Hz
Product Range:
-
Plug Type:
UK
1,808 In stock at time of posting
17 comments