How to use a voltage tester - Wiha IP67 Voltage Indicator
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- A reliable non-contact voltage tester is a useful piece of kit to quickly check if a circuit is live or a fuse is blown. The quality and functions of a voltage stick tester vary with price and brand. We check out the new Wiha Volt Detector to see if we'd replace our current model in our collection of electrician tools.
The Wiha volt detector is available in 2 versions.
An entry-level model - with on/off switch plus indicator and a red LED to indicate a circuit is live.
Step up to the "Ghia" version and you get
- Torch function
- Autopower off
- Bar graph indication of voltage level
- An audible buzzer
Both versions are IP67 rated and are supplied with 2 AAA batteries.
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I always use my Fluke 1 AC-2 voltage tester pen/sticks for testing for "live NOT DEAD" circuits, saves so much time, and accurate and reliable.I have used a few cheapy ones before but never trusted them. Of course your right SAFE ISOLATION, PROVING UNIT & TEST is a must.Funny video guys... :-)
Thanks for the support and great comment 😁
A must at college but not on site
This is a compliment, you two guys are great because you are real and not polished like so many RUclips channels these days.
As I say, that is genuinely a compliment 👍👏👏
Thanks - we’ve got loads more unpolished antics coming soon - stay tuned!
I've been a sparky for 49 years and had about a dozen different volt sticks. I currently use the Megger VF5, which is the best one I've used to date.
I love these guys man🤣 “I’d like to go home as well” that dude is my spirit animal🤣
What a couple of plonkers, I love it!😂
I once had to buy several SAGAB volt sticks for Aggregate Industries in Liverpool, they cost a Kings ransom, but they came with a proving unit. Yes a proving unit exists for this type of tester !
I love the tool demos
I have multiple sticks cheap ones I keep iny pocket not afraid to lose & then a couple of expensive ones. The oldest is my Martindale which has been the most robust.
Plus a magnetic version from mulicomp pro as I work in industrial control on cabinets with compressed air & hydraulic valves.
So many opportunities for innuendo...
I use a fluke and a kewtech. They're so useful - I diagnosed two faulty selv transformers with my fluke earlier and then went back with my multimeter to confirm once I knew what I thought the issue was
You can’t go wrong with the @fluke 1 AC-2 non contact tester.
It has an on button 👍 it flashes to show its active 👍 It bleeps and glows red when it’s in the presence of AC voltage. This is the best non contact tester in the market.
Use it all the time
I thought that until the battery got low and I didn't know. It started giving misleading results. Very dangerous.
Prefer the kewtech...it has a button to reduce sensitivity ...to pinpoint a paticular wire....had both
There was an additional "ghia" model voltage tester Gaz but it made its way to me during the first lockdown live feed. 😁👍
😁 love it #gutted (Gaz)
You guys should be a stand up comedy act lol
More comedy coming soon - Gordon needs a haircut !
Fun (but safe and compliant) Garry is back!!!
The video explains very well. The voltage test pen is still necessary. I bought a renhotecic brand test pen not long ago. The test is very convenient, accurate and safe. Family must.
Gaz, best wishes to your young one.
Thanks (Gaz)
The banter is strong in this video 😆😆😆
Back in dark distant past when I was a roadie, my volt stick was invaluable to trace any faults in the temporary power network set up on a festival site or in a theatre, a very simple and quick "are the angry pixies awake in this conductor" first-line fault finding aid
Good features but, bad shape... btw great review, salut...
ALWAYS remember to make sure that your voltage tester still working before and after you’ve testedd the subject
Fluke all the Way..💪🏻🇩🇰
Yes the fluke version and Klein versions are just as good
@@mathman0101 The Klein one isn't as effective in it's practice. It's too sensitive for my liking and the sound isn't as clear or loud. Nor is the light as bright. You should try and get your hands on the US version of the Fluke Volt Stick as it also detects below 230V.
I have a dewenwils ac non contact voltage detector and a neon screwdriver both have there uses .
Fantastic video guy’s as always 👍👍❤️
My megger pen makes a great little torch and it works well when I rub the cat with it!
D77 NUG Sadly hasn't been taxed since 2000, so I'm guess its either rotting away somewhere, or has been scrapped
So if spongebob trained as an electrician this is the voltage detector he would need 😜
Kewtech duo for me and watching the wiha in action has not really convinced me to leave the kewtech.
I've got a di-log, still working fine so I'll think I'll save my money. But another quality tool from Wiha. PS I've got a Focus Ghia, don't need any other Ghia 🤣
You can’t beat the voltage tester screwdriver ! Works every time by simply holding the tip of the driver close to the live source !
We aren’t keen on being part of the circuit!
@@efixx seems like a bit of lack of dedication to me!
😂
I was kind of off to the idea of them and then I got one and use it once or twice, then I found out it can detect Miss wired Outlets where the three light tester cannot easily tell polarity for lack of a better word. the hot sticks can determine if the wire is on the correct side of the outlet. Very handy to know before plugging in expensive AV Equipment. I only discovered this fact after I lot of reading and I feel like I'm one of the few people who know it, I'm in the US and I'm kind of liking that it has a flashlight on it mine doesn't it also takes those stupid watch batteries.
It will also say I picked up a stick multimeter that had one built in it reduced my carry down to two objects for troubleshooting and checking. I carry the voltmeter Checker and I carry a homemade 3 light Outlet tester with built-in voltmeter. So testing is pretty darn quick plug in get light / volt test and and then check that the hot pin is actually connected to the hot wire.
I have used since I can remember a voltage tester screw driver, so yeah, it had a metal tip, a resistor, a lamp and ultimately my finger. It was not very good at tightening screws so it broke into pieces too small to be glued back again. Bought a non contact tester and the false positives makes it useless sometimes, I picks up very small parasitic voltages as well so it can only prove when my whole hose is dead not only one circuit.
Top Guys! Great content as always.
I use a lap voltage indicator but it gets used once every so often because i prefer to use common sense to everything so far i am still alive
Don't rate it, expected more to be honest, always used the fluke one never let me down, turns itself off, battery's last a lifetime and it squeals when live (which you can turn off) I find the squealing very useful for finding a breaker easily
Dove , is that in BS7671 definitions 😂. As for the metro it is SORN and had its last logbook issued 7/8/98 . Passed my test in a metro .
I have a testmate VVD 12 which has done great through through the years, apart from a red tip when something is turned on it also vibrates 📳, brilliant, and for back up I have a LAP detector MS8907. which you can turn on and it turns itself off automatically, know this as the green light will go off to indicate this, the red to show live with a audiable beep , this also comes with a torch,
Seems a bit fiddly and the indicator doesn’t seem that great. I’ll stick to the fluke I think! Thanks for the review I won’t be buying one.
Is that a Kewtech volt stick that Gary has? I had one of those for about a month, it was terrible, I knew it was crap when it was going off in my bloody pocket!🤣
Oh what a great video thanks guys. I have also done a review of the voltage sticks on my channel where I review seven of the top brands unfortunately I didn’t have a wiha one to review because I didn’t know that they done them. But one of the Amazon special is very similar
Cheers just watched it -a good review. You struggle with planes when your shooting, we struggle with trains!
As someone who does field work on industrial pumps and motors in the US, ip67 on my testing tools is quite desirable. I have little need for the torch light but I appreciate that it can give me an idea of whether the cable is 120v or 460v
Fluke1 ac-2 does more or less the same only it dont have a torch, and they are fair bit cheaper, and seeing as im always losing them is the extra tenner for a torch worth it 🤔
I would say one thing these pens are great for fault finding in appliances and household items, especially like Christmas lights when a bulb goes out and all the lights go out these will tell you which bulb it is, same as them thermal slash microwave testing screwdrivers are helpful in automotive work when working on spark plugs or coils just by holding it above the coil to see which cylinders misfiring obviously from there you have to work out whether it's the spark plug or the coil lead which isn't difficult
Great tip 👍
Great review guys
As below, fluke AC2 all day. Also looks so much better than that wiha thing, which for some reason reminds me of something from pound land or wicks.
Great Video Lads 👍
UniT is better,it has sound and choice to turn off sound to have optical test only, it helped me when I was at office or somewhere else that I wanted silence
I need to stop watching theys reviews I end up spending 😄
Tune in next week - could be some of these in our giveaways :-)
@@efixx thanks ill keep my eye out
Megger VF5 12v to 1000v ac it can do ( electronic circuits aswell as 3phase + touch+ ip67+ vibration...)
You don’t use them that much tho that’s the trouble but good gadget to have
Quite nice.
Hi efixx I been using Megger voltage pen and even though it works just fine I think an update is due. No mention of price Gaz? Please let me know so I can purchase one so long reasonably priced.
Green light close and adjacent to the red one?
Can you please do a review on MILWAUKEE M18FPFT-0 M18 FUEL™ ANGLER™ PULLING FISH TAPE POWERED BASE
Please
Joe why do you want neon screwdrivers taken out of circulation? Do believe they are dangerous?.
From about the 1950s what did we have for testing? .
Answer, we had nothing more than a crank operated continuity/ insulation resistance tester from mega and a neon screwdriver and if we were lucky enough we had a BM6 battery operated mega.
Now we have fancy two pole voltage indicators and all bells and whistle’s MFTs the crank operated mega and neon screwdriver is now dangerous?
Isn’t it true that the big manufacturers have forced the IET to draw up new regulations for testing so they can market and sell there new testers?
Because before theses MFTs come on the market testing was nothing more than continuity test insulation resistance test and polarity test
What is now referred to as Ze was given by the DNO and ZS was calculated RCDs were not common in domestic installations so we would never test them .
I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this .
I have had a neon screwdriver since I was 15 years old I was given it by my brother , and I have never ever had an electric shock from using it nor have I ever electrocuted myself wile using it .
JW did a video on neon screwdrivers saying how dangerous they are so my question is why in gods name would someone like JW who has many many years of experience and knowledge demonstrate how they work and put his finger on the end of it to show how it lights up knowing that he could potentially kill him self?
Your opinion will be much appreciated.
Have a fantastic Christmas and new year.Hope to see more from team eFixx in 2022
I think this is a great topic for eFixx to delve deeper into, it was brought up in a conversation by a friend in my local club and thought if anyone can give a definitive answer you guys can .👍
Good question Sean. They simply don't comply with GS 38 for testing live parts, there's more than 4mm exposed tip on the end and the device relies on you completing the circuit to prove it's live. All that's standing between you and oblivion is a resistor, if that fails for any reason you're toast! I'm glad you never had one fail on you, but just because we've always done something one way doesn't mean there's no better/safer ways of doing it.
As to the IET and the splendid John Ward, their actions remain beyond the remit or control of this humble mortal, you'll have to ask them! 😉😀
@@efixx thank for your reply, yes I agree with you on the point that there is more than 4mm of exposed metal tip , and yes there is always a better way of doing things. My point is if they are dangerous?? Then why would someone like JW with years of experience and knowledge take such a risk? The fact that he did and i’am pretty sure he isn’t dead is proof that the crapy neon screwdriver is safe . The proof is in the demonstration . And not just JW there are about five videos from different people on the same topic and claiming they they are dangerous? Yet the all gives a demonstration of how the thing works, also I just thought it would be something you could delve into and maybe dispel the miffs or prove the miffs , I just think it’s an interesting one
Again thank you for your kind reply 👍👍❤️
@@efixx joe I have to agree with you about there being more than mm exposed tip on the neon screwdrivers , but when you take into account the fact that you can remove the covers off of our voltage indicators when we can’t get into a terminal with them on then we are no longer conforming to GS38, so therefore GS38 is a nonsense? Also if you put a length of heat shrink on the shaft of your neon screwdriver so you have less than 4mm of tip showing then it will conform to GS38? . Also the resister is behind the neon ie metal shaft neon resister spring end cap , so if any fails it will be the neon there braking the circuit. Just a thought
Fault finding under water? What if your call out to a job where the underwater lights in the swimming pool have failed and you need to know if power is getting to those lights ? My non contact voltage stick has two sensitivity ranges low 12v to 500v and high 48v to 1000v and detection distance of 2inc on low and 4.5 on high so even with completely sealed underwater lights fittings it will detect live voltage. Would I ever use underwater absolutely not.
Most swimming pool
Lights have a cable behind which allows them to reach to the surface.
D77 NUG has not been on the road since 2000
Lasted a few years after I shifted it on - cheers Gordon
I would like to win this because I want to fill my tool kit so I can buy another tool kit to fill with more products that you added to my shopping list.
I need to find one that bounces lol
🤣
how much do wiha pay you
That was a Rover Meteo. No better 🤣
Austin metro back in the day
@@efixx I remember them well! I don't know about a ghia, isn't that pen a vandem plas?!! 🤣
can i win the wiha volt stick, as my wife has just put my old volt stick through the wash
WINNER
It’s going in the post this week 👍
Thanks guys really appreciate it. Have you managed to post the snags and solutions from lock down feed one?
Sending me that Wiha Voltage stick opening up a curry for you and your family and a boat trip for you all when you arrive in TENERIFE.
Still waiting for those tickets
Who uses a proving unit on site
Checkout the electricity at work act and then decide.
Gary is the funny as anything ,it’s got a red led the man on the right said then garry says wow how it’s improved and he said theere isnt gona be a lot of electricians fault finding underwater then one of the man on the right said it’s water proof puts it in then gets it out and Gary said it just about works yeah
Where can I order one?
Link in description
Great so are you still a bass head then gaz
Yep
@@efixx five star car stereo is a great channel dean and Fernando for car installs car audio second passion after electrics
Strip a little bit of insulation and touch the wire. If your hair strands on end, there’s a voltage.
Note: not suitable to bald people 🙃
IT’S A JOKE GUYS. DON’T TOUCH CABLES 👍
🤣🤦♂️
apply some saliva too before touching???😁
@@piratedprivacy9052 always!! 😂
I've had 2 fluke ones, both crap, works when it wants to. Never buy another one. The whia one looks a bit like it was designed by toys r us. 😂
Ya don't need all those bells n whistles on a volt stick. Gary's actually gives a better indication. Wiha's is twice the size, cost more, and didn't perform that well TBH.
I may be in the minority here but I have never used a NCVT because I believe they instil bad practice, I carry my 2 pole tester and proving unit in my TP4B with my other tools around it. Now if they made a 2 pole tester the SIZE of a volt stick then I could be persuaded to change.
Its a fluke
hahahah
Aholes
Thanks
I like wiha gear so I bought their volt stick. Sorry, but it's a complete waste of money
What don’t you like about it?
My little end is red now.......🤣🤣
😉thanks Gaz 👍
You can get cream for that. (Apparently....)