Froneck
Titanium
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2010
- Location
- McClure, PA 17059
I posted another topic on house wiring help. It was suggested I use a Wiggy common slang to wiggington tester that was made by AB. I have one some place but if I can't find it what are the names of other testers made by AB competitors? Only one I found on ebay was an old AB Wiggington tester.
I am somewhat familiar with the Wiggins tester but never used it in the way I needed. From what I found there is a common Neutral, I used a 60Watt Incandescent light bulb to provide current to the Neutral side of the line. It worked as intended. I'm wondering if a Wiggins tester will do the same thing in the it will allow enough current to flow when testing so that items on the line such as light bulbs will glow as if on reduced voltage? My Simpsom 260 will only provide 50ma due to the use of a 50ma amp meter.
No use in buying another Whiggy if I do have one and getting another if I can't find it or spend a lot of time searching for it if it will not do as required. I checked Google but get photos of other brands as well as other testers that I know will not work. Therefor would like help getting the type that will conduct about 1Amp.
While searching I came upon a 120VAC outlet tester to check outlets with ground connection to see if they are wired properly. There was a schematic posted. Various light connections would indicate problems. A switch was included that connected the "Hot" side thru a resister to ground. I assume it's to test GF outlets. I looked at the schematic briefly and can't find it again. Is there any plug-in type outlet tester that will test to see that ground and Neutral are not connected together to fool common plug in testers?
I am somewhat familiar with the Wiggins tester but never used it in the way I needed. From what I found there is a common Neutral, I used a 60Watt Incandescent light bulb to provide current to the Neutral side of the line. It worked as intended. I'm wondering if a Wiggins tester will do the same thing in the it will allow enough current to flow when testing so that items on the line such as light bulbs will glow as if on reduced voltage? My Simpsom 260 will only provide 50ma due to the use of a 50ma amp meter.
No use in buying another Whiggy if I do have one and getting another if I can't find it or spend a lot of time searching for it if it will not do as required. I checked Google but get photos of other brands as well as other testers that I know will not work. Therefor would like help getting the type that will conduct about 1Amp.
While searching I came upon a 120VAC outlet tester to check outlets with ground connection to see if they are wired properly. There was a schematic posted. Various light connections would indicate problems. A switch was included that connected the "Hot" side thru a resister to ground. I assume it's to test GF outlets. I looked at the schematic briefly and can't find it again. Is there any plug-in type outlet tester that will test to see that ground and Neutral are not connected together to fool common plug in testers?