Help with a Multi Meter

keystone

Well at least noone has yet suggested using one of these:



so we must be thankful for small mercies.

Cheers

1984ReturnsForReal_2

zax47 wrote: »

Why does he necessarily have to do an Insulation Resistance test though, he's probably wanting to check he has continuity to the fitting, working out if he has the correct pair for the switch wire and that the switch does indeed switch. Nothing there that he needs an MFT (multi-function tester) for (at £300-£1000) and everything that a basic multimeter (at <£10) will suffice for.

I have both (along with many other bits of test gear) and use them daily. One is good for some things, the other for specific tests (continuity, IR testing, RCD trip testing). For PIRs and new install work then the MFT comes out of the van at testing time, if I'm just trouble shooting and buzzing stuff out then the multimeter will do.

It's "horses for courses" and you're are talking out of the rear of one! (IMO)

Like I said.

Does it shove 500v through?



I haven't talked anything & neither has the OP.

You as a professional have just assumed you know what the OP has done, the same as the other poster.

I changed a light the other day & fitted a socket.

What tests should I have run?

Oh, & I notice the person who thanked you is the guy that thinks he knows everything about plumbing.....

Unlike the both of you I assume someone who doesnt know what to do to check it also might not know much else.

zax47

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Like I said.

Does it shove 500v through?

And as I said - why the hell does it have to? Do you actually know what you would do an IR test for are or you just obssesed with "500V through it" ? IR test done at 250V then 500V then 1000V would tell you if the cable's insulation integrity was OK. Little or no relevance to the OP's question about if if cheap multimeter would do want he wants.

I haven't talked anything

Only bollox

I changed a light the other day & fitted a socket.

Have a medal. :T

What tests should I have run?

Probably none - did I say you should have? Shame you turned the power off, eh, otherwise you wouldn't be on here spouting your crap.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

zax47 wrote: »

And as I said - why the hell does it have to? Do you actually know what you would do an IR test for are or you just obssesed with "500V through it" ? IR test done at 250V then 500V then 1000V would tell you if the cable's insulation integrity was OK. Little or no relevance to the OP's question about if if cheap multimeter would do want he wants.Only bollox
Have a medal. :T
Probably none - did I say you should have? Shame you turned the power off, eh, otherwise you wouldn't be on here spouting your crap.

Sorry.

Can you please inform everyone what your psychic powers tell you the OP means by

a new light switch I've just fitted in the kitchen.

Because I am just waiting for you to post the ins & outs of what exactly the OP did.

:rotfl:


Keep it up.....


I am struggling to find the word replaced.... So to me it could mean anything.....


!!!!...:D

iamcornholio

Yes perhaps the OP should spend £300 plus as per post #2 on a nice Fluke, Kewtech or Megger to test a light switch

I always use my £4.99 cheapo one from Maplins, which does continuity and 230v AC and seems to test switches in-situ and when disconnected, but obviously this can't be recommended.

As an afterthought, instead of buying a ney £300 plus test instrument, it may be more economical to just buy another £1.50 switch and swap it out

1984ReturnsForReal_2

iamcornholio wrote: »

Yes perhaps the OP should spend £300 plus as per post #2 on a nice Fluke, Kewtech or Megger to test a light switch

I always use my £4.99 cheapo one from Maplins, which does continuity and 230v AC and seems to test switches in-situ and when disconnected, but obviously this can't be recommended.

As an afterthought, instead of buying a ney £300 plus test instrument, it may be more economical to just buy another £1.50 switch and swap it out

Like I said.


You assume you know what the OP meant by

a new light switch I've just fitted in the kitchen

Perhaps you would also like to fill us all in with the details of what exactly the OP did?

I cannot summon up enough strength to use my superhuman powers right now, it is only Monday & they don't kick in until Wednesday afternoon past 4.30pm.

zax47

And our point (as "professionals") was that your continual harping on about "does it put 500V though it" was in no way relevant to the OPs question, nor served to provide an answer to it. The instrument/device that would do that is NOT a multi-meter - that merely measures things. What you keep prattling on about is a multi-function tester (including IR test function) or at it's most basic an IR tester or "megger".

Continually repeating something you overheard somewhere, or read on another forum, doesn't mean you have the faintest clue what it is, what it does or when you would use it. Your pedantic responses suggest you have as little clue as the OP as to what piece of test gear you would need!

diable

I just feel sorry for the OP........

ormus

i tend to use my cheap one for testing continuity, not for testing for mains voltage.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

zax47 wrote: »

And our point (as "professionals") was that your continual harping on about "does it put 500V though it" was in no way relevant to the OPs question, nor served to provide an answer to it. The instrument/device that would do that is NOT a multi-meter - that merely measures things. What you keep prattling on about is a multi-function tester (including IR test function) or at it's most basic an IR tester or "megger".

Continually repeating something you overheard somewhere, or read on another forum, doesn't mean you have the faintest clue what it is, what it does or when you would use it. Your pedantic responses suggest you have as little clue as the OP as to what piece of test gear you would need!

Please fill us all in with what the OP has actually done & what he needs to do & with what.......