I was sent this socket tester by Adrian, who had been disappointed that the LCD display was not the information display that was implied in some of the eBay listings.
The LCD display is very simple, but it does provide a very functional test for dangerous voltage potentials with respect to the building's earth/ground circuit. That's rare, but a polarity test is an important part of the test of an electrical installation. This plug is simple, but very functional. It's not as glamorous or sophisticated as the "Socket & See" tester with its automatic loop impedance check (the resistance of the entire live/earth loop to the utility transformer) but it's a fraction of the price.
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The LCD display is very simple, but it does provide a very functional test for dangerous voltage potentials with respect to the building's earth/ground circuit. That's rare, but a polarity test is an important part of the test of an electrical installation. This plug is simple, but very functional. It's not as glamorous or sophisticated as the "Socket & See" tester with its automatic loop impedance check (the resistance of the entire live/earth loop to the utility transformer) but it's a fraction of the price.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
I've been watching for awhile now, and this is the first time I have heard you mention (or the first time I understood you to be mentioning?) the different kinds of grounding/earthing that are commonly used. It seems that here in the USA we use the TN-C-S Earthing System? And the chart on the page I am looking at now shows that Great Britain uses TT and TN-C… I never realized that this was so different. I knew that you British called the 'ground' pin 'earth', but I thought that was pretty much the extent of the differences — other than the voltage difference, and the fact that you guys in Britain use 50 Hz rather than the 60 Hz that we have here in the USA. I know higher voltages can jump farther distances as well, which makes me wonder why Great Britain went for 220V rather than the 110V into the home wiring of every plug in the home? I know the USA would have needed to make a LOT of stuff obsolete overnight to switch to 220V, so it was never going to happen. But it seems like Great Britain was more able to choose between 110-120V or 220-240V standard, and clearly chose the higher. I know we can get to 220V by using both of the phases — and usually do for things like home electric water heaters and the kitchen electric stove. Most everything else, though, is 110V here in the USA. It seems like all of your 220V electrical components would need to be 2x as 'tough' (robust?) (compared to same component in 110V variant) to withstand twice as much voltage — either flowing through it, or being held back from flowing, etc. I know that doesn't necessarily translate into 2x the cost, but still. What's the benefit from having everything running at 220-240V rather than half of that? If I were to accidentally grab a hot wire, I damn sure would rather it be 110V @ 60Hz instead of 220V @ 50Hz! Sure, you're 10 cycles less per per second, but that's still 50 cycles that are at 220V!
yay always wanted to check what's inside one of these!!! 🙂👍🙏
Handy tools for quick inspections .the best are the ones with a beeper thar you can hear from far away when you are looking switch the power off
I have the same green one for work _
BRILLIANT Clive, I was just po9ndering these very items. Thanks so very much matey
Bob
England
I've also tested socket tester on my small channel, but a different one.
I enjoyed your video, Would you be able to explain the circuit for the loop impedance test on the "socket and see" tester ? Many thanks Marcus
Not that it matters but I like the way the red and black are arse about face.
How can the Chinese reverse the commonsense of colour coding warnings like RED for Danger? Unless they think BLACK is for over Burnt and extra crispy if you fuck up. Oh please, Clive, have a Components Overloading Video to see things spark, fizzle, glow, burn, pop, and totally explode under a clear perspex cover if necessary to see it in action (even in slow-mo). Of course without harming yourself (well maybe a little tickle) in the process.
I think my neon mains tester is even simpler than yours. Only one neon and resistor inside a knob that turns and selects N-L, L-E, E-N in turn. Using it here in France via a travel adaptor caused confusion until I realised that those adaptors reversed N and L. Doh!
ни хрена не понятно потому что не на русском!!
Holy jeez. When you went to show the Earth potential test, my heart skipped a couple of beats. I thought you were about to touch live on purpose!