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I'm not big enough for these tool companies to worry about 😃😃. Shame about the ratchet really as the sockets are quite nice.

The problem with the ratchet is a little disappointing, would like to think that I was just unlucky on this occasion and other sets are okay.

@@three-phase562 yeah it just does not look like it would handle a good day of me cranking on it even looked up the sets on their website the sockets are pretty decent but as im North America I just roll with the princess auto sockets on a overpriced ratchet

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They are a lot more brittle than standard HSS drills so are much easier to snap. Have had the ones I damaged replaced under warranty though.

Usually you need a specific groove for the e-clip to fit into. You can get them to work on the threads directly, but it tends to twist them. an M3 clip will be about 0.6mm thick, and 7mm overall diameter, so as long as you have the clearance around the battery compartment you should be okay. You can google an e-clip size chart and that will give you the dimensions of the clips.

I have a test box to build up this week, so will put the strippers and side cutters to work and see how I get on with them. The spring in the side cutters is very easy to remove if you don't like it. The grips on them seem a little old school plastic to me and a little slippery. The shears I do like, they seem very solid. The Deen spinner is okay, but seems to lack quality. The 1/4 drive fit for the t-handle is very tight, but another manufacturer's t-bar will fit eaily and the Deen t-bar will fit into another manufacturer's socket / extension easily. It just appears to be when you use the Deen parts together. I will have to look up the Vessel spinner and see if I can get one. Thanks for watching and commenting.

If you don't like the grips on the side cutters you have the option to put a heat shrink on it. It will we well held on by the pokey nubs. Vessel product I was talking about is actually a l not t wrench and can do bits as well as sockets ( slh2 is rhe model from vessel)

Yes, the tube style casing for the Wera wrench on its own is not really befitting such a high end item. I tend to store the wrench in a tool bag, so dispense with the case anyway. Thanks for watching and commenting.

There are a number of these sets of screwdrivers churned out under multiple different brands. Bit of pot luck as to what you get really. These ones don't seem to be too bad. I am not sure if Presch apply any other internal quality control, but they seem to have gone to the length of having their own VDE certification, so may well be specifying higher quality manufacture. Appreciate your comments and watching.

The only DMM I have looked at from them is the HT65 and compared it to the Uni-T UT196, which it mostly lost to really. They do seem to build in quite a bit of functionality, but the overall accuracy is not the best in comparison to others. They are also quite small instruments in comparison to other manufacturers. Build quality is quite nice. Comparison video is at; ruclips.net/video/3ZhKZh4Gyw8/видео.htmlsi=Bpa7qKvw5yZDLalN

@@three-phase562 Cheers for the lo-down.

It is aimed at the lower end of the market, but at least it has a verified VDE certificate. Not sure what support would be like, can't find the screwdrivers offered singularly, so you can't seem to replace them individually, just as a set.

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Seems to be quite common for mainland Europe. Some of the sparkies over there I talk to, use them quite happily. Each to their own 😃. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Yes, I don't use them myself for testing, although they are just the right size for thermostat terminals. Thanks for watching and commenting.

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Yes, that is a very good point, thanks for commenting.

@@three-phase562 Thanks for acknowledging^^ Amprobe also says it can go to 700V Phase to Phase, Fluke says 400V on the 9062. Though now on the newer 9040 they have 700V aswell and CAT 4 300V. But damn, for 300-400 Dollars I personally prefer the Beha. Less than half the price, and seemingly better specs. Fluke might be relying to much on their name on this one.

@@stalkinghawk9244 Just got round to looking at this, thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of the 9040. As you say quite pricey for what it is.

I have plenty of spare mains leads around, so it is not a problem for me, but thanks anyway. It is probably from the risk averse industry that I work in, but I would always prefer to be able to stop a test at the instrument should the need arise, even if it is being run remotely. I can of course do that by just turning the instrument off. It will certainly be good to see a USB version, although I haven't had any connection issues with the RS232. Many thanks of your kind offer to loan me instruments, and thanks for watching and commenting.

Sure is an expensive one, the cost of the apparatus I work on and the functionality of the tester justifies it for me though, but it is niche work. The UT512 will be great for the majority of work. Does lack a 100V test voltage for bearings for my work. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for your comments.👍

The Fluke 1587 can certainly be used for general fault finding, but I find it has limitations for trending insulation and winding resistance which is what I use for establishing the condition of a motor. There are a number of options for assessing motors, and it depends on the type of motor. The more data you can trend over a period of time, gives a more informed health assessment. For a low voltage motor, online, you can use a power meter to assess the operating status, vibration monitoring, thermography and current signature analysis if you have an FFT scope or a specific analyser. For offline low voltage you can measure winding resistance, insulation resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance. You can also plot the impedance as part of a rotor influence check, although that can be awkward on an installed motor. There is also a baker surge test for interturn faults. It is then just basic cleaning, checking mountings, connections, and cooling fan etc. For higher voltage motors, you can add partial discharge for online monitoring, this can also be done offline if you have a voltage source. For offline tests you can add in the Dielectric Absorption Ratio, Polarisation Index and Dielectric Discharge Tests. How much you can do depends on the kind of access you have around the motor and control panel. How much you want to do is a risk / cost assessment with reference to historical maintenance / failure data. There is no right or wrong answer really.

@three-phase562 Thank you, our reliability engineers have taken over the vibration and thermal monitoring. Unfortunately, the company will not spend the money for better insulation testing, telling us "you have a tool allowance". Yet a good megger unit is 2x-3x of our allowance. I am IR certified, but my department heads see no need to continue with more testing training. Thank you again for responding to my questions

@@shadowulf It depends on what your relative costs are. I used to substantiate training and test equipment for company electricians against the costs and effectiveness of contract works. It is usually quicker for site personnel to deal with failures, than bringing in contractors, so it is better to have them doing the maintenance out on site and getting familiar with the equipment. Does depend what business you are in though and how the plants operate.

@@three-phase562 That has been my argument for my superiors for a long time. Even having someone trained and on staff while a contractor is doing the testing, to me, is an assurance that the work is being done. Unfortunately, my supervisors change often. So getting anything going usually meets with varying levels of resistance.

Thanks for watching, VDE socket set is a bit of a niche tool.

A lot of these rebrands appearing on the market now, with the majority coming from Taiwan. Price range for what is effectively the same thing is wild though.

No, there is no beep in diode mode.

Takes 3 AAA batteries with around 100 hours operation based on sums. I don't use the meter extensively, so I get around 18 months usage from one set of batteries.

Glad you found the video useful. Hopefully, the screwdriver works out for you okay. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Nah, just a little short video to help someone out. inrush pulse is set to 100 ms width.

@@three-phase562 Thanks.

I have seen the PB Swiss digital screwdriver, Wiha also have a digital version. Wiha is twice the price of the PB Swiss over here though. I like that you can use the standard 1/4 hex drive bits with them, makes them much more flexible to use. I generally collect the items I want to test over a period of time, as money allows. I think the Tools Tested channel reviewed a variety of non-vde torque screwdrivers, which may be worth a look.

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🙏

Not sure about the HT208F as mine is the HT208D, but with that you can measure inrush and have a min/max option. Both will record the value and save it to screen for you to read, but there is no memory function to recall at a later date. As long as you don't change the function or restart the reading, you should be able to measure a start-up current for a car etc.

If u are in the car start it u need a person to hit the hold while its displaying? It should hold till u walk back out to front of vehicle?

@@HYDROMAXplus If you set the meter to measure inrush using the function button and clamp it around the wire then it will measure and hold the initial current surge for you to read when you go back to the meter. If you use the max function, then it will measure and hold each successive increase in current. You may have to set the meter to the manual range before starting the max function, as it cannot auto adjust the range in the max function.

@@three-phase562 but they told me Inrush is only AC

Not heard of KS-Tools before, thanks for letting me know about them, I will check them out. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Depends exactly what you want from the multimeter. The UT196, won't be as accurate or rugged as the Fluke 87V. If you are in need of calibration, then there will be no problems with the Fluke, you could get the UT196 checked, but you may not be able to have it adjusted and technical support from Uni-T will likely be minimal. On the other hand if you want to measure above 1000V, then the UT196 will be more user friendly than the 87V and more cost effective, if you are looking to buy new.

I will have to set the test up again over the next couple of days and get back to you. I will need to verify how accurate my set up is for injecting low currents, say 1 to 5A in 1A steps.

@@three-phase562 Thanks a lot! I guess the difficult part is to generate a surge load. I've been thinking a way to generate it in the past, but in the end I always end up testing on a small fridge, which is a moderate surge load.

I have run some more tests at the weekend. \basic results for AC at 50Hz; 1A injected UT216C reads 0.4A 2A injected UT216C reads 1.4A 3A injected UT216C reads 2.4A 4A injected UT216C reads 3.0A 5A injected UT216C reads 3.8A I made a short video showing the results if you want to see the readings for yourself; ruclips.net/video/yBLhVWDrE8s/видео.html Hope this helps.

@@three-phase562 People like you make RUclips a great place. I'm going to the new video to comment there.

There is a bit of the old Cropico stuff around. Just picked up the resistance bridge version of this, but it has been left sat around and the batteries leaked inside. Shame they aren't looked after better. Most of mine I get off eBay as I am never in the right place when someone is throwing out the old stuff 😃😃.

Would could possibly go wrong 🤔🤔

That's not good to hear, Crescent do have a lifetime warranty, may be worth seeing if you can get it replaced.

Glad you enjoyed the video. Appreciate your support throughout the year and all the best to you for 2025.

Appreciate you watching and commenting, all the best to you for 2025.

Thanks for watching.

Thin spanners are handy at times, and the set from Duratech seems reasonable. I know what you mean, but I think I am going to have to pay Amazon Japan a visit in the New Year 🤣🤣.

A slim set of spanners are a handy thing to have on occasion and these seem decent enough for the money. Appreciate the comment.

Thanks for watching, those two ratchet spanners seemed to be a decent option.

Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching and your support throughout the year. You and yours have an excellent Christmas too.

Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙏🙏

I have noticed a few of the instrument now coming out with increased resolution, but then with an accuracy spec into double digits, which like you say makes the last digit relatively pointless. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I only tend to use the NCVs for generally sniffing around cables anyway and never rely on them that much, so the sensitivity isn't a big deal for me. My Wiha unit seems to eat through the batteries, so it doesn't get used a lot especially as the battery cover is a bit of a pain to remove. I find the jobs are starting to become more complex needing a bigger variety of tools so space saving in bags is important, otherwise I have to develop another loadout with a new bag.

Yes, the 1587 is quite a slender instrument and is suited quite well to the SB-LD. I don't have the 376, so could not guarantee that it will go alongside but the clamp meters that I have fitted reasonably well next to the 1587. Thanks for watching.

​​@@three-phase562Would the 1587 and a Fluke 89 fit inside? If so, this will eliminate another bag from daily loadout. Thanks Nevermind, I see you got an 83 to fit with it. Very encouraging

@@shadowulf Yes you can get both of those meters in the pouches. Bit more of a struggle with the leads, but they do go in. I have put a picture in a community post for you to see. ruclips.net/user/postUgkxXTD6q9L7q_ZowzhqBCcC83OJmgpMEjww?si=TbFyl-okPRU6dob_

Man of your caliber, you could always build yourself one from an old microwave transformer!

@@three-phase562 i have a rule i never mess with microwave transformers

I’ve just popped back to day I am currently buying a battery welder so I am back here researching

@@Actual_electrical_content You will find plenty of content on here regarding these welders, showing them in much better detail than I have here.