Best Klein Tools RT250 GFCI Receptacle Tester with LCD
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- The New Klein Tools RT250 GFCI Receptacle Tester with LCD. Is this the Best new tester out there? How does it have features of a $300 tester? Will it replace the old-style plug-in testers? So many new features on Kleins new tester that might surprise you. I'm plugging it in today!
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Overview / Other testers give false readings
4:00 - Testing outlets Good and Bad
9:30 - Testing GFCI and their response time
10:20 - Klein's sneaky little extra feature in this device *
11:40 - Outro =fun stuff
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Home Depot - homedepot.sjv.io/rkGVB
eBay - ebay.us/QacEj4
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The RT250 is an electrical circuit tester that tests the wiring conditions at an electrical outlet and inspects GFCI devices. The LCD displays the voltage, the wire fault, and the GFCI time to trip breaker. * It is designated for use with North American 120V electrical outlets.
* California residents
* GFCI Receptacle Tester features an LCD readout of voltage and wiring faults
* LCD readout of time to trip breaker
* Detect and identify common wiring faults
* Inspect and test GFCI devices
* CAT II 135V safety rating
* Durable 6.6-Foot (2 m) drop protection
* For North American 120V electrical outlets
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Happy Holidays to everyone! Stay safe.
Merry Christmas
At what point does GFCI need to be changed
I utilize the Klien RT250 during my fire inspections. Best tool in my belt. It's extremely helpful for my residential owners and hotel managers. I find electrical faults all the time. Great video.
Thanks.
Thank you so much for doing a properly recorded video with no music in the background.
GFCI = Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor. 8:55 Some folks are not keen on acronyms.
As a property maintenance tech this Klein GFCI tester has saved me a lot of time and money, by not calling a service electrician.
Happy Turkey day! Heck of a tester for $20. 👍🏻
You really can’t go wrong with it. 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for showing me how to do a voltage drop test with this cheap tester.
Excellent review. Thanks for the info.
Thank you for this video!
You are welcome 😀
Nice tester happy thanksgiving sir
Happy Thanksgiving too Pete.
I thought you were going to back up the claim that some of the older testers display the wrong lights when you wiggle them a bit, but what you ended up showing is that the Sperry outlet tester has a faint yellow light (which is an excellent point), and that if the user plugs it in for just a brief second, the blue light could confuse someone into thinking the outlet is correct, which is also a good point. For displaying the wrong lights, I did not see that in this video, unless the blue light is what you were referring to. If any tester is used on an old outlet that is wearing out (intermittent connections), it could display a faulty reading, but is it the outlet tester that is defective? I say no.
Sold me.. Just ordered one..
Awesome Video Philip I got one it's for sure every penny you pay for it.. And the options Klein gives you to buy then at the Home Depot in sets the latest available they team it up with just a Voltage ⚡ tester one thing I wished Klein would add to this tester a little soft cast holder...
Allen D
I agree a case would be nice.
Since I am installing a gdfi outlet with no ground wire. would the cheap one be telling you this but later shines green because the outlet is working properly for safety?
Can the Klein unit determine that the safety ground and the neutral are not connected together? I have seen that done in outlet where there isn't a safety ground to connect to. I don't know if it was done as a kind of fraud since it fools the testers into sensing that a safety ground is present or as a better than nothing idea to provide some kind of safety ground in the outlet. Detecting that situation would be tricky but it could be done.
Thanks for making this video. I lost power to 5 outlets in my house. I picked this tester up, and all read 30 volts besides one. That one doesn't register at all. Should I assume that's my bad outlet? I'd really appreciate any help.
Sounds like somebody using the "back stab" method of wiring up each of the outlets, meaning they didn't use the screw terminals on the outlet, or they didn't "pig tail" the wires but instead pushed the wires into the back of the outlet. While the "back stab" method is approved, it can be unreliable because it really doesn't make a good electrical connection. Generally, as soon as you say, "I have lost power to several outlets", it means there is an electrical break in the circuit and therefore every outlet past that electrical break will not have power. With the outlet covers removed, CAREFULLY, use a A/C multimeter and test each pair of wire (touching the screw terminals) to see where one pair is "hot" and the other pair is dead, and you have found the problem "back stabbed" outlet. Maybe the 30 volts indicates a poor electrical connection so I would use the above test procedure on that outlet. Good luck!
I just saw another video on this tester, and he had "30 volts" with an "open neutral" so again, I think it is a "back stab" wiring situation which can be remedied by wiring using the receptacle screws or "pig tail" wiring method.
Also, instead of removing the receptacle covers and using a multi-meter on the screws for testing, you could place the multi-meter probes in the slots of receptacle outlet openings to see if they are live or use a "non-Contact" voltage tester to determine a live or dead outlet where the receptacle is "back stabbed" and is the cause of the failure.
@@billhandymanbill2775 Thanks! I've got everything working. Excellent advice
@@bubinga_basher what was the electrical problem you had??
does the klein tester indicate open neutral?
Yes it does.
I have one it's excellent, but no reason to beat up & be bias towards the Predecessor , I don't see them being obsolete to a completion, .. but yes klein was more visually innovative with the outlet tester, excellent job , but the older ones , I will still use as well.
I agree. If an older outlet tester gets a different reading when a user wiggles the outlet tester, that can happen if the outlet is nearly worn out to the point that any plug has difficulty making contact 100% of the time; that I have seen happen, and it is understandable because the older testers are directly connected and do not have any memory like the RT250 tester. That is not a fault of the tester itself. In a new outlet (where the contacts are as designed), the older testers will show the same exact results as the new RT250 tester (for correct/incorrect wiring).
my rt250 gives false readings when the neutral is lost.
Will it tell you a false ground?
No it will not.
To bad they can’t engineer it to link up to the circuit finder. You should invest in some que cards.They will help you stay on point and not ramble as much. Your presentation is good and the information is outstanding
That would be nice to link up to it. Maybe in there future circuit finder. I do tend to ramble a lot.😂 I’m noticing that more lately. Thank you for the feedback.
At what point does a GFCI needs to be replaced
They say replace every 15-20 years. With this tester anything over 0.8 seconds in trip time I would be replacing at my house. Even if it was after a year. But that’s just me.
This tester has the ability to detect open ground and neutral with a live hot that other plug-in testers do not detect. Those testers won't light up which indicates an open hot.
Try and get to the point
You talk to much and it's just make people skip ahead to the pRt they want to see