VICI VC60B+ Insulation Tester / Multimeter Teardown
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- Tear down of the cheapest insulation meter I could find on Amazon. Appears to work as required, construction typical of a meter at the bottom of the price range.
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Felt short and to the point without skipping much. I think you do a really good teardown and summary.
We use Fluke insulation testers at work with MI (mineral insulated) cable to test for moisture within the cable. When we find moisture it has to be driven out of the cable with a torch and will leave the tester running at 1000V to visually identify where the moisture is located. When the torch heats up the moisture it causes the resistance reading to change significantly. Once located we know where to focus the heat and will keep the meter running until we drive enough of the moisture out to get to our minimum insulation resistance.
Thanks for the tear down. I looked at some similar units but decided to stick with our Fluke meters.
Why risk a Fluke when all you need to do is generate an arbitrary relatively high voltage? This is exactly the sort of application a cheap unit like this is good for.
Thank you 😊
I had the victor brand which is the same! Different name with continuity tester. Mine works great. I've done a comparison test with my ex bosses megger. Cheers 🙂
Well, for a one-off, use it every once in a great while to get relative readings probably not a bad deal for $45!
Mine is much more accurate vs a Fluke measuring voltage generated and expected resistance of the Fluke. The one shown looks like a Friday job so there is obviously a risk of a fast buy to bin cycle due to QC issues in the factory. While I accept concerns over locking the output, it's a useful feature in some circumstances for an animal with only two hands or a big coil under test that has significant capacitance: Buyer should obviously understand it isn't a toy. It saved my blushes last week when my main game £1000+ Fluke 1662 spat its dummy. I'm keeping it as an excellent back up option - do test it properly before relying on it.
Why didn't you put an affiliate link? :p
Because this is likely ultra low current, would you notice anything if you touched its 1000v output?
Did you video that for your Electroboom reel?
A surprisingly low current can be fatal. 100-200mA flowing across your heart at 120VAC is a lethal range. Of course, your body is a pretty high resistance, but the wise approach would be to treat it with respect. If found this old (1987) page short and sweet: www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~p616/safety/fatal_current.html
Sort of the "treat every gun as loaded, even if you know it isn't" rule. There's nothing saying your ultra-inexpensive megger isn't faulty and providing far too much current :-)
@Max Gurth - Across two fingers of the same hand only please :)
Is testing cables it's only use?
Get a grip.. your looking at a product that is being sold for like 25 bucks.. and then your blt'ching about it ain't gold-plated, and it doesn't have screw in bananjack socket like a high end fluke and you saw signs of some flux residue and you just go on and on and its screams amateur that complete lost the aspect of which product your looking at and its inner value..
You do know that there is often a difference if you pay 25 bucks for an Megaohm meter or your pay 500.
This is mindblowing that you can get such an tool for these kind of funds and IMO its looks very decent for the price its being sold at
This meter isnt useless as it didn't reach 1000V on the last range.