You used the term "nominal" which got me to thinking that might be a topic for a future article. A little on what causes over and under voltage; what is a comfortable deviation and when does it become" Oh No, He'll NO!
From what I can see, the "receptacle cord" would be specific to this particular meter. But, it got me thinking, and with it being such a pain to get the probes to go into these tamper resistant receptacles, what do you think about creating a cable which has a standard 3 plug, going to 3 (shielded) banana or perhaps anderson connectors and then to meter cords? I realize this is very advanced, and has to be used carefully. Do you think the risk for misuse outweighs the benefit?
Note that the Klein meter has a hot, neutral and ground input so it can perform outlet polarity and GFCI tests. But a standard multimeter only has a Common and Volts input for this function. I have built a 2-wire version of what you’re describing for outlet voltage testing. Let me think about posting a DIY article on it.
I was thinking of 3 wire and if I used the Anderson connectors, they could be hooked together, as they are designed to do, so accidental shorts would be eliminated. Then with 2 cords that are banana to anderson, one could hook into the 2 desired to test--hot-neutral, hot-ground and neutral-ground.
Have you ever encountered a situation where the probes on the multimeter won't reach the electrodes inside the 50 amp receptacle?
Yes, that’s always a bit of a stretch…
Do you have a solution for that? I guess I could twist some wire around the lead and hope that would work.
I’ve not tried these probe extension tips, but they look like a possibility.
https://www.zoro.com/test-products-intl-long-probe-tips-slp-2/i/G7348588/
Thank you, I will have to check them out.
Hi Gary, Let me know if they work out. Thanks. Jim C.
Mike, Disregard the message I sent to you a few minutes ago concerning emails. JimC.
All good?
Mike, I am no longer getting periodic emails from you since I provided my new email address. Please advise. Jim C.
I just sent you a pm asking for your addresses.
You used the term "nominal" which got me to thinking that might be a topic for a future article. A little on what causes over and under voltage; what is a comfortable deviation and when does it become" Oh No, He'll NO!
From what I can see, the "receptacle cord" would be specific to this particular meter. But, it got me thinking, and with it being such a pain to get the probes to go into these tamper resistant receptacles, what do you think about creating a cable which has a standard 3 plug, going to 3 (shielded) banana or perhaps anderson connectors and then to meter cords? I realize this is very advanced, and has to be used carefully. Do you think the risk for misuse outweighs the benefit?
Note that the Klein meter has a hot, neutral and ground input so it can perform outlet polarity and GFCI tests. But a standard multimeter only has a Common and Volts input for this function. I have built a 2-wire version of what you’re describing for outlet voltage testing. Let me think about posting a DIY article on it.
I was thinking of 3 wire and if I used the Anderson connectors, they could be hooked together, as they are designed to do, so accidental shorts would be eliminated. Then with 2 cords that are banana to anderson, one could hook into the 2 desired to test--hot-neutral, hot-ground and neutral-ground.