Is this also known as an inductance tester?
2090909
No, it only tests for voltage through capacitance testing for charged electrons. An inductance tester is a completely different device. You can figured the inductance through basic formulas once you know the voltage pulse time and current.
2090910
No its not my fellow Amazon shopper. It just indicates the presencce of power in a line it doesn't provide a screen where a circuit can be measured or indicate a change in current in another circuit. Hope this helps.
2090911
This device actually does work by measuring the inductance or induced magnetic field surrounding an energized conductor. I have never heard of it referred to as an inductance tester though.
2068468
Idk. I think you might be asking to much of a voltage detector. Shouldn't rely on this for safety or for electronic motherboard applications. Best bet would be to get a multimeter to suit your application. Fluke always makes a great meter. Could go cheap but you get what you pay for
2058016
The instructions with my tester were very basic, but accurate. Written instructions included with any cheap capacitor tester, or multimeter are minimal at best. If you don't know how to use a cap tester it's best not to use one, until you take a class or two, large caps can kill you if you don't know what you're doing.
556990
Yes. Keep in mind that it's not an advanced tester. It only tests the pins in sequence to see if each wire is connecting. If a light doesn't show, you have a bad cable. It doesn't test things like capacitance, attenuation, crosstalk, and the like.
1795047
I don't know but if you search around the web you can find some technical articles about the tester. Here is one http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/AVR_Transistortester. It is in German but google will translate for you.
1661315
Negative, yet there is an input receptacle with NO SPECS as to polarity and voltage needed, as well a missing current spec needed when multiple items are connected. Closer inspection of item shows no specs ON the item either, but it appears that an area below the receptacle has been sanded off, as if the specs were removed, as was the model info. Weird.. Inspection was done with lighted magnifier I used at NASA to inspect pins. sort of like owning a 7-stall barn that will only hold 4 horses at best ;-)
2247347
Hi, thank you for contacting us. I'm afraid the tester can only perform test when component is NOT in circuit. With best regards, Kevin
1926938
I'm not 100% positive. If I remember correctly, I googled the connector type and looked for the standard. My guess would be if you took a volt meter and put it on the resistor settings and connected one lead to the case and the other to the connector and it shows low resistance, you found the negative or ground lead. Since you really don't know where stuff is made any more or if they follow a standard, the volt meter test is probably the best way.
2247352
Don't know but probably not reliably. It would depend on the amplitude of the signals the tester uses to execute the tests and the nature of the circuit that the cap is in. There are lots of comments/blogs out there about this tester if you google around.
1885058
My tester does without problem. I am very pleased with this tester, more so than the others I own.
737138
There's really no way of knowing without stripping it down and examining the circuit boards, then powering it up and testing it. Powering it up without inspecting the internals is a potential fire hazard. Unless you know how to test electronics and have access to a bench power supply, you're probably better off buying a new unit.
1967903
If you are still interested. I recently purchased(1 month ago) a power supply tester from Amazon. Priced around $10.00 usd. It has connections for most if not all PSU's. as well as connections for HDD and floppy(3.5) Sorry but there is no name on the device for me to pass along. It might be worth while to do a search on Amazon for a PC power supply tester. It is about 3.0" long and 2.5' wide. It also has LED lights showing voltage amounts. Good Luck.
1646858
yes , it is very easy to read all the voltages, any not with in specs the reading will be in red . I do have the old style tester and bought this one and have been using it ever since. I am keeping my old tester as a back up in case it fails.
1182843
Not with the included probes, you'd need an amp clamp to do that. Their clamp style probe has low resolution with currents under 1 amp but I've heard their thread-style amp probe is more accurate with those situations.
1303585
I cannot honestly compare the two testers as I have never used a conductance tester, but I have used this type for decades in the Air Force and now that I have retired it is still my "go to" tester for batteries. It is simple and built like a tank. I would buy this product again with full confidence I was getting a good bang for the buck and a tool that shows the true condition of the battery.
2251910
NO. You should know you need an oscilloscope, this is a current measuring device and if you don't know the difference, you had best stay out of the circuit panel !
434966
This is just a simple electrical tester. It sends a pulse down each wire to see if there is a response on the other side, i.e. it doesn't traverse switch ports.