Sully Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 'Am looking for manufacturers of a multimeter with a remote transmitter -- for non-engergized circuits / conductors . Thank you. Sully Sulliban ACS Home Inspection Services sully3425@aaahawk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 If all you're checking for is resistance and continuity check automotive tool categories. I have rigs from Fluke and Fox that'll work for that. Feret makes one too. (all F companies) The question is why? And what does it prove? You can't check anything important with a radio rig.. and if there's a short it'll still show continuity on the circuit you're testing even though the breaker would blow the second the circuit's energized. You'd have to cross check every combination to be confident that things were OK and that'd still leave load capacity as an unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted September 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 The reasoning is not to check exsisting working/non working circuits, but new wiring. New wiring that is not live, that we need to trace which wire is which, from one location, to another. These wires are not labeled, and instead of running a traveler wire from point a to b, I am looking for a transmitter to beep/flash to tell me which wire I hit. I would prefer using a standard multimeter with the add on capability of a transmitter, but have had some trouble locating one other than a telecomunications hand held transmitter/receiver. It did have aligator clips to be universal along with a rj11 and rj45 terminals with the unit. However, instead of having mutliple devices I would like to stick with just a multimeter with a transmitter if possible. Any suggestions or recomendations, please reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Ferret makes a circuit tracer that'd do nicely for that. If by Monday you haven't googled it, let me know and I'll get some numbers for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarga Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Lowe's carries two circuit tracers. One is about $100, standard one that the telecommunications people use. A different one in the electrical section (I think it's made by GB instruments) $38 dollars. I spent less since I only use it twice a year. Works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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