Can Anyone Recommend a Good Voltage Proximity Detector?

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velvetfoot

Minister of Fire
Dec 5, 2005
10,202
Sand Lake, NY
You know, the kind where you put it near a wire and it emits a light and sound.
My Greenlee model crapped out.
Thanks.
 
Fluke model 1AC-A 2

I have several and i love them. Has never NOT detected voltage but does give some false indications that power is present. This usually happens when a ground is open somewhere or being backfed somewhere on a multi wire circuit.
 
I wound up getting a Klein at HD. Seems good. The on/off switch, which crapped out on the Greenlee, is better and it turns itself off.
 
I never did like the twist top on the greenlee seemed cheap and one small drop and it was toast.
 
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