On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 5:57:46 PM UTC+1, Lee wrote:
On 16/04/2014 15:11, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:04:54 PM UTC+1, Lee wrote:
On 16/04/2014 13:48, Broadback wrote:

Personally I think the risk from shrouded leads outweighs the risk reduction.

Risk from uncertified meters does exist, but you take 1000s times the risk just walking to work, so I dont think its something to get excited over..

'Decent' is undefined; the OP's requirements suggest that even a �2 Rapid job would be upto that. Rapidonline is a good place to get good cheap meters.

Ok, I'm genuinely interested in why you think shrouded meter leads are
dangerous. I can't even see how they would be, but if I'm missing
something it would be nice to know

When the shrouds are sprung, the plug sometimes gets pushed partway out by the spring over time. The result is you test something live, the meter reads no volts, and the user who doesnt stop to be a bit suspicious then gets a shock. Imho its a bigger problem than the risk of the bare pins that shrouds were intended to prevent.


The �2 meter, assuming it's not one of the 'banned' ones on the EU/RAPEX
list, is likely going to suffer from really poor leads. Would you trust
the insulation on those at mains voltages?

Sure - I just replied on that one. FWIW I've used thinner insulation than that at 1kV on temporary lashups, pvc is quite capable stuff.


NT