The Metrel MD1160 is the perfect tool for Electricians - SAFE ISOLATION
Is the power off? An electricians tool bag essential for anyone working on electrical equipment.
The Metrel MD1160 voltage and continuity tester are ideal for proving electrical circuits are dead (in association with a proving unit). The device includes an LCD display and LED bar graph to perform basic voltage and continuity measurements.
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00:00 Metrel MD1160 LCD voltage and continuity tester
00:34 An electricians tool bag essential
00:55 Two test probes to GS38 safety requirements
01:20 AC and DC voltage measurements
01:50 Handy torch
02:15 Continuity tester mode
03:00 GS38 features
03:35 Indicating voltage with no batteries
04:53 Testing DC voltages
07:10 DC polarity indication
08:30 Proving an AC circuit is dead
09:50 Double check with the voltage proving unit
10:30 Product features
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Crucial bit of kit, I had the Martindale version of this tester until I blew the tip off. I had first fixed a job, and between the first and second fix another spark had done some work and connected my exposed cables to another circuit. Customer wasn’t happy... I wasn’t much happier either, but at least I was still upright.
Essential toool to have, got the Fluke T130
I’m so lucky to have found this channel. Another informative, clear and concise video. Thanks!
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Definitely an essential for any electrician
Informative as ever. Thank you. Great demo / teaching style
Thanks 👍
GS38 references, correct proving unit procedures, AC/DC talk....... as a student, it doesn’t get much better than this! 😂 I bought the kewtech KT1780 safe isolation kit. Had a good deal on it. Good bit of kit even though you can’t change the head on it.
Looks smart and would go lovely with my metrel mft kit 🤣👍. Great video chaps
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Really good review. I currently have a Fluke T110 which, compared to this Metrel doesn't have a digital readout. But some of the points raise in your review have made me wonder whether my Fluke has those features too (the battery-out test, for example), so I'll check those out pretty soon. I'm not about to replace my T110, but based on what I've seen here, I'll definitely keep the Metrel MD1160 on a list of testers worth considering when I need a replacement.
You guys are one of the rare not recommending overpriced Fluke, I did not know about Metrel, seams to be a good dual pole tester, Slovenian made. I actually ordered one because of this video. Thank you,
Thanks - we’ve got another Metrel review coming up soon.
@@efixx I actually emailed Metrel to sponsor you guys. 😅
I use the TIS 859 which is the all singing and dancing model, vibrates when a circuit is live :) also has the proving unit as part of the storage bag, wouldnt be without it. Metrell looks good for an entry level model.
Looks like I nice bit of kit
Great video as always. Could you go into the differences between a pure tone (continuity) and a slightly buzzed tone. Also could be worth pointing out the reasons why you get continuity between neutral - line, neutral - cpc and line - cpc on a de-energised circuit, usually at a fitting and usually the cause of a slightly buzzed tone etc
That's actually quite a nice meter, great now I want one, I don't have a need for it but I want one. Those conformal shrouds do worry me as I have run across a lot of things where I could barely get the probes on and making contact and it gives me the impression it would increase the possibility of false negatives. Although maybe in the foreign electrical things are a standardized better to have that access? With the shrouded tips? I absolutely see the need for the shrouded contacts... I have a nice gouge mark in my multi meter probe.... But I've also tested a lot of things in the US market where I absolutely cannot test unless I take the cap off. I did recently get this cool meter which lets me increase or decrease the tip length. From the various UK electrical videos I've been watching, I find the audible warning very non-distinct as to what it's doing between the various makes that people use. Like OK is it warning me that there's live electric or is it worrying me that there's continuity?
Thank god you are doing these proving dead with tester videos keep doing them with the lockout and tagout do also a series on lock and tagout even when working alone in a building because the process of doing it even when you are working alone in a secured property keeps your thinking about the process more so ensuring that you have not assumed something. Lots of electricians even great ones on KZhead are still not locking and tagging out when they are in the property by themselves assuming that no one is around and will not enter the property. This morning I was listening to the E5 podcast involving Louise Taggart who lost her brother Michael an electrician that and the subsequent investigation by HSE indicated how lax we can all become and how assuming things can be deadly around electricity 45mA or less if you are smaller can kill you. Chapeu Efixx
Gaz has safe isolation kit video and a phase rotation if my memory survives me right on this channel 👍
@@lsnogaming2893 that’s right and they need to keep doing them. I also made a specific point about locking off and tagout when you are working alone not because you expect someone to come to the property- that could happen but to be in that mindset and thinking as it involves conscious actions which can save lives even for electricians who think themselves very experienced-in a battle between electricity and an electrician there is only going to be one winner...
Thank you for another nice video, I have seen all 285 video's of Efixx aswell! Joe Robinson channel is next ;).
Wow all 285 👏🏻... next JR also worth looking at Mark Allison and GSH Electrical KZhead channels 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@@lsnogaming2893 I already watched all GSH Electrical KZhead videos ;). Thx for the tip on Mark Allison.
Uni-t ut15c voltstick Has the same specs And is a very good quality piece of kit I also have a uni-t clamp meter and that is also a good bit of kit
I use the testo 750-3 and my backup is the benning cm1-4
I am in the market for buying a voltage indicator this week, i was looking at a kewtech one but this as give me another option now.Starting inspection and testing at college in the new year. One problem I noticed though, no pouch.
We love a pouch 👝
Gaz loves a pouch 😀
I use and can onestly say that uni-t are a good brand, faily new to the market but they have made a big inprestion in the UK and Europe
I'm in the market for one of these at the moment, but I'd love to know why none of them seem to have a retractable sleeve on the probe to allow easy testing in choc blocks, for example, without having to remove the sheaths and immediately lose them. The basic Martindale seems to have them, but that's bulky and doesn't have the lcd or continuity option. There also seems to be a massive difference in price between "brands' even when they are all probably made in the same factory with the same chip inside.
my basic tester is the Ideal vol-con, and it has exactly the spring loaded retracting sleeve on the probes - you can latch them back, or use them in spring mode. it has no LCD, but if you need exact voltage, you can get your multimeter out. I also found, before I lost my original one, that it will self charge its continuity batteries, just by putting it on a live circuit for a few seconds.
I've got the megger tpt320. It looks like the exact same tester with a different paint job. Is this the case?? Cheers
Yes - amazing how similar they are!!
Great video boys, Did you try that cable stripper tool on LSOH cable after?
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I have the Jokari version, same thing i believe ... works fine on LSOH
@@thattoolguy9432 they look good in the demo, and I was going to click the link to buy them. Then I realised about the low smoke cable, so I hesitated on getting a set for now anyway!!
@@gbelectricks I've been using mine a few years now and they've been fine, worth buying a toothbrush sized wire brush as the teeth can get clogged from time to time.. esp if painters have miss coated after a first fix
Painters covering cables - what are the chances 🤣
Nice bit of kit iv gone with kewtech for my testing kit
Keep us posted on how you get no with it 👍
My question is. Why do you need a voltage tester or why or in what situation would you want to use a voltage tester instead of your normal MM or Clamp meter to measure voltage or do FF.
Clamp meters only work when current is flowing in a circuit. Multimeters can easily be set to wrong setting giving a false reading of a dead circuit
@@efixx Ok fair. But how would you answer that coming from a qualified artisan that works on Electrics and uses a multifunction clamp meter eg. (Chauvin Arnoux F205) or any other brand and auto or non auto ranging multimeter. Because I cannot see where you would Use or Need a Voltage tester like that If you get my point.
@@ironwolf6849 Here's our training module on safe isolation procedures and best practice - www.efixx.co.uk/Know%20How/introduction-to-safe-isolation-cpd - as you'll have seen in this video, a voltage indicator works if the batteries are missing or failed. Multimeters can be on the wrong setting DC, not AC, probes in the wrong socket etc. Plus, you still should use a proving unit to check the instrument is working.
Main problem is that when you lose the shroud you may find it difficult to replace it and wont be in compliance with GS38.
Nice one Gary and friend,
Thanks Sean 👍
Not a big fan of these, no replaceable leads or probes which should be a consumable item... much prefer my fluke 87v high res on the ohm scale, tons of attachments and long silicone leads .. means i can usually fault find without having to remove much .. which saves electricians time .. and we like that @ Efixx :)
Great point and fantastic quote 😁
I’ve use my Fluke multimeter loads of missions - However the HSE doesn’t recommend using a multimeter to prove a circuit is dead 💀 - see page 22 www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg85.pdf - just in case you have it set to the wrong setting.
@@efixx oh i'm fully aware, it's the loose term of multimeter i don't like, a £5 ebay special and i can agree on.. a £400 meter used by someone who knows how to use it correctly i don't agree.. i guess it's what you're used too.. i was a marine electrical engineer before becoming a spark
must have for all electricians! if you dont have a tester to prove dead, your doing it wrong/unsafe !!
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@@dougijcw9758 Completely agree. For a start these only go up to 690V so not all that much use proving a 1000V circuit is dead! And yes, circuits with a potential for higher than 690V are very common particularly with solar. If you've got to carry a proper meter anyway (which you do) then why carry something extra and risk using it on a source that is outside its maximum operating parameters. At best that's inconvenient, at worst dangerous.
Invaluable big of kit, but this metrel one looks like its fallen out of the megger factory.
Intellectual property has never been highly regarded in the electrical tester industry.
Ive upgraded to the TIS 849 recently and much prefere it over the megger, plus it has Electric Field detection on it which is great as it means you're less likely to reach for the trusty old voltage stick 😀
It’s identical to the Megger 👍
@@efixx Not the MET1000 (the new one) really nice but £175 is a bit pricey.. ill wait until you fo a review on it :)
Which Chinese factory are megger and metrel getting these from then? 😂
Some remarkable similarities 🙀
And kewtech
my Martindale one is identical apart from colour. shame you missed the phase rotation function on them. great vid again gents
This looks suspiciously like the Megger TPT320 Voltage Tester. What’s going on here then I wonder? 🤔
And the TIS 831 and also the martindale VT25 all exactly the same, same with megger who have brought out a so called new meter called the MET1000 is just the same as an existing Sefram Instruments VAT 70
@@michaelboyes4948 Seems like the industry is driven by a Cartel!
@@Shirazmataz yeahhh clearly efixx is part of the supply chain 🤣
@@michaelboyes4948 Clearly! 😂 Otherwise they could have quite easily branded it with eFIXX, but why bother if part of the same supply chain 😂
So... An 11:31 long commercial. No thank you