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I appreciate the explanations. As I've mentioned once or twice before, I worked with an electrician who was super safe and super competent, but tended to answer my questions with, "Because I said so."

He was also a strong proponent of the Wiggy. smile

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You can't fool a Wiggy with induced voltage, but be careful, they can play the devil with electronics. A lot of our wiring was done in the 1960's...no EGC and 480 and 120 in the same pipe.


Sometimes not getting what you want can be an incredible stroke of luck.
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While it's pricy the TASCO does a slick job.

http://www.tasco-usa.com/inspectorIII.htm

http://www.tasco-usa.com/ins2.htm

The nice thing about them is that they test for conditions in the blink of an eye that otherwise take a lot of time and expertise.

TASCO is the actual manufacturer of many of Greenlee's circuit testers, BTW.

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How does a night light show reverse polarity? please explain.

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You are right. Maybe we should call them "reverse polarity testers". That is really the only difference between them and a night light ... unless there is a bootleg ground off that reverse polarity connected receptacle, then it says "OK".


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McClary's: Welcome to ECN. The poster was referring to, in a disrespectful manner, the plug-in receptacle testers ... you know, the ones with three little lights.

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