Hi everyone

Sorry for delay in replying - just been super, super busy with work.

anyway, I have just ordered myself a shiny new Fluke T5 600 - can't wait til it arrives!

many thanks for all your suggestions

Zs - I'm good thanks - how's the new job going?? Are you missing being on site? Last week I had to cut a floorboard near a toilet..... old man's house....... yeuch - all I could smell was burning urine! Lovely!

I've got the martindale one, works fine for voltage. Two of my guys have the fluke ones (can't remember which model) and they have survived well in our world of muck and feathers.

Don't really do continuity, if it's got to that stage I've probably gone for the fluke DMM or the megger mft

Stu

Hi BB, I use the steinel mentioned above, and I must say I have found it to be good and tough as old boots chucked in my tool box, no problems with the battery cover (though just discovered it's phase rotation function last week after a good few years of use! ). Zs mentions that a wish was it only did continuity, but if it's the same model then the unit will signal continuity in a circuit upto and including 0.5Mohm, which can give some perplexing results if trying to cont. check cables in situ! An old school battery and loud buzzer is best for informal continuity checks, especially if you are working alone.