Wbat is a hands-free meter?

[The Daring Dufas]

The fire extinguisher is a nice touch and I can really imagine what it's for. ^_^

TDD

[Doug]

Recently I got a new Fluke 117 for like $120 on ebay. The leads seem pretty good to me but I'm just an amateur. I like the tester but I admit it's overkill but I bought it for its durability, exceeding my needs and so I never have to buy another tester. Should it outlive me, I hope to pass it on. And it's coming in handy as I will be using it shortly to find the common wire in a 3 way switch so I can replace the switch with a timer.

[trader4]

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Then why does the feature list say this:

"Includes test lead holders for hands-free testing"

[notbob]

It should. They're pretty much bullet proof.

Here's a pretty good tutorial on how to use 'em:

nb

[Ralph Mowery]

It should outlast you. One thing about the Fluke is the safety rating for it. A CAT III 600 volt rating. I am not sure of the ratings of the low cost units. For around the house and under 250 volts the low cost units are probably ok. I work with 3 phase 480 volt circuits that can have over 300 amps on them at times. For that I use one of several of the Fluke meters I have. Company I work for provides them. If you ever see a safety film of what can hapen to a nonrated meter if you hapen to have it in the ohms or amp position and get across a voltage , you will be glad you have a quality meter.

[Larry Fishel]

Because the retailers don't seem to have understood the following sentence written by the manufacturer:

"They all include test leads and holders as well as an easy slip though strap for hands free testing."

(I would have at least put a comma after the word "holders".)

[micky]

That's it! You figured it out.