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Continuity checker-where to buy
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| Blair 2005-07-27, 12:21 pm |
| I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a crocodile
clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
voltage in the circuit.
I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in a
large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
Any suggestions?
Blair
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| Ted Rubberford 2005-07-27, 10:21 pm |
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"Blair" <darrach@coille.com> wrote in message
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>I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a
>crocodile
> clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
> voltage in the circuit.
> I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
> I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
> would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in
> a
> large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
> Any suggestions?
> Blair
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>
Would be a help if we knew what part of the world you were from.
Teddy Rubberford..
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| TimPerry 2005-07-27, 10:21 pm |
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"Blair" <darrach@coille.com> wrote in message
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> I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a
crocodile
> clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
> voltage in the circuit.
> I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
> I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
> would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in
a
> large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
> Any suggestions?
> Blair
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very cheap ohmmeters seem to be available at most hardware and auto parts
stores.
or you could run a couple wires from most any flashlight.
you could be the envy of the club if you picked up a nice used Fluke DMM at
a pawn shop 
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| Blair wrote:
> I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a crocodile
> clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
> voltage in the circuit.
> I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
> I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
> would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in a
> large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
> Any suggestions?
> Blair
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>
Harbor Freight has a VOM on sale for $2.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/
It can be used to look for very low resistance
in place of the continuity checker, and can also
measure voltage, current and higher resistances.
Ed
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"Ted Rubberford" <rubberford@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Blair" <darrach@coille.com> wrote in message
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> Would be a help if we knew what part of the world you were from.
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> Teddy Rubberford..
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I live in Pitlochry,Perthshire, Scotland
Blair
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