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Default How to determine Live switch wire

Cursitor Doom Wrote in message:
On Sun, 02 Jun 2019 09:05:10 +0100, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

On 02/06/2019 09:02, ss wrote:
On 02/06/2019 08:54, Adrian Caspersz wrote:


I assume using my cheap multimeter I could do the same and check for
voltage?


Yes. Look for changes when you 'modulate' the light switch.


Yes, but not with a "cheap multimeter" - those ones typically pay zero
attention to proper mains isolation despite their self-declared CAT
ratings and have no MOVs etc.



How much should the op spend on a "proper multimeter" to do the
job properly?
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