Comments on: AC outlet tester

By: icerabbit

icerabbit — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:00:43 +0000

Very sweet.

As I already bought a circuit alert pen & receptacle analyzer (open & reversed wiring & what not) and have some lamps I’ll stick to those

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 04:05:48 +0000

Funny stuff! I was interested in the whole method until you rang up the grand total…

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 04:15:50 +0000

Ahh, very good point, Jesse. Same could go for the soldering iron, solder, shrink tube, and solder sucker (when you mess up!). That brings the price up to, oh… about $150?

In that case, Evie’s, Melissa’s, and Ciera’s methods are much cheaper.

By: Evie

Evie — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:40:41 +0000

:roll:What a great idea. I guess I would have to go with the other females in the room, I would have just carried around something and plugged it in. Wish I knew how to do stuff like that.

Miss you and hope all is going great!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:26:50 +0000

So…what do the resistors and LED cost if you don’t have them? I’m guessing it’s a “free” $10 outlet tester…or something like that.

Hope you’re doing well up there my friend!

By: Ciera

Ciera — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:31:10 +0000

Very cool. I would so totally hurt myself if I were to try that though…I’d be safer toting around the alarm clock!

By: Jules

Jules — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:25:49 +0000

I guess I could’ve looked it up myself!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:05 +0000

“Difficult to carry or manage because of size, shape, weight, or complexity” (so says Dictionary.com)

By: Jules

Jules — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:31:40 +0000

Unwieldy????

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:06:59 +0000

Lol! The female mind constantly… surprises me. Just when I think something is self-evident… very good question. Yes, it’s to test outlets. Especially when you just move into a new place and there’s like 3 switches that don’t seem to turn anything on.

The alarm clock/lamp approach would work, true, but they are unwieldy.