On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:08 GMT, raden wrote:

In message .com,
Alexei writes
This would explain it, thanks. Out of interest, under what
circumstances could a neon-type tester give misleading results?

Almost any - chuck it away and buy a meter

Actually an "electronics"-type meter can be just as misleading as a
neon screwdriver. If it has a very high input impedance it won't load
the circuit under test - just like a neon.
A much better bet would be a meter with much lower ohms-per-volt.

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Frank Erskine