Tom, this $20 continuity tester, is it's tone louder than that of most multi meters? I use a 9volt battery and a 9V buzzer now. I do quick testing of cables I manu and I like to have music on while i work. So the little tweet of most cont testers is too slight. What do you think, louder? If not, wwhere could I get more 9V buzzers, and maybe a 9V battery connectivity holder for easier change of battery? Though functional mine is kind of ugly and not extremely shock proof. Thanks
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007, Tom Fowle wrote: > Roger, > The cheapest continuity tester I know of is made by > production devices > http://www.productiondevices.com > > It's a probe witha metal tip and a long cord out the back with a clip. > > It will responde either to continuity or varying resistance between probe > and clip and to voltage also. I think it's twenty bucks or so. You can't > readilly tell if it's seeing continuity or a voltage bit you usually know > that. > > If you want a really fancy continuity/voltage tester, there is the "tonetest" > which is a box with really nice clip leads attached and two buttons one that > puts it into continuity mode and the other puts it into > voltage mode. In voltage mode it has two ranges depending on how long you > push the voltage button. Max up to I think 40 volts. The pitch of the tones > indicates relative voltage. > > This is available from Dave Reynolds for about $90.00 and is a very > well made high quality machine with really good quality cables and heavy solid > brass clips, intended for automotive electrical work. > > Dave Reynolds can be got at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The talking digital multimeter has a continuity mode but its poor and slow. > this is better if you really need to measure voltages etc. > Can be had from Marlin P. Jones associates > http://www.mpja.com > under test equipment/multimeters > The manual and a fine review of this meter are on the blind-handyman > test pages at jawsusers.com/blind-handyman > > hoep this helps > Tom > >
