Gardner Bender GVD-504A, Worthwhile Gadget
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Worthwhile Gadget
This non-contact tester is well worth buying, especially if you do any home rewiring or otherwise poking around inside walls containing wiring. It will detect active current in lines, sometimes from 2 or 3 inches away. No more guessing if you turned off the right circut. This tool lets you check and know for sure whether or not a wire is hot. Thanks, Amazon!
Update (5/20/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Gardner Bender GVD-504A Circuit Alert Non-Contact Voltage Tester Tools & Hardware, was written by bryghtbuild.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Tags: circuit finder, circuit tester, cool tools, electric, gardner bender, non-contact voltage tester, non-contact voltage testers, voltage tester, voltage testers
Posted on: March 15, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
E. Kaplan
February 26th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Unreliable design
I purchased the GVD-504A and was very disappointed with it. In fact, I was so disappointed, I purchased a different unit.
This one is sitting in the junk pile.
Here are the reasons:
1) There is no positive on/off switch - you have to press on the clip to turn it on. This is the main design flaw with this unit.
If you don’t make a good contact it can be off while you’re testing and not chirp. This is a terrible design and is, in my opinion, dangerous! My new unit has a positive on/off switch. You just twist and it’s on. When you’re done you twist it back and it’s off.
2) Requires 2 watch type batteries. These are expensive to replace and harder to find. My new unit takes standard AA or AAA batteries (I can’t remember which) that are cheap and easy to come by.
Overall I would recommend passing on this unit.
Anonymous
March 7th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
wonderful tool !!!!!
This tool has saved me many times!! I have discovered that my lights in my living room are on TWO DIFFERENT circuits even though there is only one switch for them both. I turned the breaker off for the lights and one of the light sockets still had power going to it! I would have been shocked for sure without the Circuit Alert!! It is SO helpful because you don’t have to actually touch the live circuit to test it, you only have to touch the wire, light switch or even the light socket and it will tell you if there is power going there. If you do any electrical work, it is a good tool to have on hand!!
bryghtbuild
March 11th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Worthwhile Gadget
Rated 5 stars.
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