Electrical tester with electrical energizable test probe

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1992-12-22

1994-11-22

Snow, Walter E.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se

Nonquantitative

324503, 324 725, G01R 3102, G01R 1916

Patent

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053672500

ABSTRACT:
An instrument for performing electrical tests includes a housing adapted to be held in the hand. A conductive probe and a two-conductor power cable adapted to be connected to a vehicle battery protrude from the housing. Red and green light emitting diodes (LED's) mounted in the housing are operatively interconnected with the probe and power cable through circuitry which causes the red LED to glow when the probe contacts a positive voltage, and the green LED to glow when the probe contacts a low voltage, ground, or a negative voltage. Continuity testing may be performed by contacting the probe against one terminal of a device to be tested, and contacting the other terminal of the device to ground or to an auxiliary test lead extending from the housing, causing the green LED to glow. The instrument includes a momentary contact switch that permits the probe to be energized by internal connection to the positive or ground input terminal. Actuating the switch momentarily to energize the probe with a positive voltage causes the green LED to cease glowing and the red LED to glow if the test probe is in contact with a low resistance device, rather than directly to ground, thus providing means to determine whether ground or the supply terminal of a high-current load device has been probed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4027236 (1977-05-01), Stewart

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