Rich B
DIY Senior Member
I am also not giving up my Non Contact Tester at home........and I have a Fluke 83 and use it everyday at work....
I also have a couple of the little testers that light up with metal probes but they are junk! I would use the N-C tester rather than the cheap light up probe style anyday.....
I worked for an electrician not long after I was out of high school. We did all kinds of work....New construction and alterations. The guy I worked for routinely would test a circuit by wetting his two fingers and lightly touching wires or screws on a fixture......I thought he was nuts....but he did it many times and even I did it a few times just to check it out.
Now don't go off on me for simply mentioning the unsafe practices I have seen others do. I have been bit a few times....and know very well what lectricity can do......
I also have a couple of the little testers that light up with metal probes but they are junk! I would use the N-C tester rather than the cheap light up probe style anyday.....
I worked for an electrician not long after I was out of high school. We did all kinds of work....New construction and alterations. The guy I worked for routinely would test a circuit by wetting his two fingers and lightly touching wires or screws on a fixture......I thought he was nuts....but he did it many times and even I did it a few times just to check it out.
Now don't go off on me for simply mentioning the unsafe practices I have seen others do. I have been bit a few times....and know very well what lectricity can do......
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