Yesterday evening, I wandered around my house with my cheap non-contact voltage sensor with the idea of locating the 12/2 romex within some walls without actually opening said walls. The results have
Weird. And it's a Fluke meter? That should not be a POS. Maybe its batteries are bad? Is there some zeroing or calibration procedure you overlooked? Or it's just plain malfunctioning? Do you have old
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:33:25 -0500
<< Weird. And it's a Fluke meter? That should not be a POS.>> Gotta agree, Wayne !! Jimmie, something is definitely wrong <G> someplace <VBG> !! Like Wayne, batteries would be my 1st 'suspect'. Is th
Sorry. Didn't mean to imply this was a Fluke-branded meter. It's actually a GE-branded meter I've had for about a year but had only used once before. Couldn't have cost more than $10. The Fluke stuff
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:46:39 -0500
<< ...detector made by Greenlee for $16. >> Jimmie, that should be just fine as Greenlee manufacturers a LOT of electrical system components !! VERY respected 'name' in the field. Shoot, at THAT pric
Just an update: My local Lowe's was out of the Greenlee detectors but they had a couple Fluke 1AC-A IIs in stock so I grabbed one. It's interesting that lowes.com did not show this meter. I like that
Would metal lath walls essentially form a Faraday cage? Nope, no metal lath here. Only drywall. Though who knows...maybe the builders used some sort of metallic radiant barrier on the attic side of t
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A poor one, as there are enough big holes (doors windows, etc) to let lots of RF in, but that's the idea. Farrady cages work by having a current induced in them, that cancels out the field change. --