Fuse Finders...

[user 6351]

How many of you have one in your kit?

And do you rate them?

I've been toying with the idea of treating myself to one for a while (just as much to help tracing cables and find breaks as to actually find the fuse/mcb on a circuit), but have just had a mail from test4less with this offer in it which seems quite reasonable.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[Brian 157]

I had something similar about 10 years ago, think it was made by Martindale. It worked best on the cable, on the front of a board it was quite good at identidfying the fuse or breaker next to the one I wanted to isolate...

 

[Lurch]

I had a Kew Technik one a few years ago, ideal for vaguely approximating what CU the circuit in question may be fed from, possibly.

Basically absolutely useless.

 

[spinlondon]

If you disconnect all the cables at the CU, they might work?

 

[Lurch]

If you disconnect all the cables at the CU, they might work?

Thus negating the need for the unit in the first place. I'm glad mine was FOC.

 

[moose man]

i have got the socket & see one cost me over

 

[ISSWWW]

I had a Kew Technik one a few years ago, ideal for vaguely approximating what CU the circuit in question may be fed from, possibly.Basically absolutely useless.

As with all things you tend to get what you pay for, the Fluke 2042 is a really good tool and very acurate but at around

 

[Evans Electric]

I had a Kew Technik one a few years ago, ideal for vaguely approximating what CU the circuit in question may be fed from, possibly.Basically absolutely useless.

With Lurchio you get what it says on the tin ......... KewTechnik Fusefinder ...Useless ...end of story!!

 

[Lurch]

As with all things you tend to get what you pay for, the Fluke 2042 is a really good tool and very acurate but at around

 

[Riggy]

I got the general gist of what was meant to happen, I always meant to look at a better one but TBH it wouldn;t get much use nowadays. It would have been ideal for all the commercial work and schools\council buildings I used to do the bulk of my work at, it would save inadvertently evacuating leisure centres or something similar, which I have obviously never done.

I've never done that either, I've particularly definitely not evacuated a Gym on a snowy day in January, and anybody who says I have is a liar, and anyway it wasn't my fault, because the fire alarm supply wasn't marked (except for that big sign which I didn't see, obviously!). Anyway they all laugh about it now - probably.

 

[binky]

Always wanted one of these that would work on a dead circuit - but never found one.

 

[ISSWWW]

Try The link on my post, it shows that it works on a dead ciruit.... :Salute

.

 

[user 6351]

Thanks for your thoughts folks... now I just need to ponder the questions of "would I actually use it?"; "can I afford it?"; and "do I just like having new toys in my toolbox?"

 

[batty]

Thanks for your thoughts folks... now I just need to ponder the questions of "would I actually use it?"; "can I afford it?"; and "do I just like having new toys in my toolbox?"

I have a kew technik one probably used it twice in ten years. Personally I would save your money and buy something you will deffinately use.

 

[kelvfoozinda]

Sorry to drag this up....but has anyone got any experience of the IDEAL branded ones? Been offered it at a good price!