Farewell to Wiggy:

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LarryFine said:
That will be news to Knopp.

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I was refering to the wiggy in Marks post. You know, the Wiggy, the topic of this thread?
 
zog said:
I was refering to the wiggy in Marks post. You know, the Wiggy, the topic of this thread?
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well, to quote someone famous:
mdshunk said:
Yeah, I read that, and since I didn't have an answer, I substituted something that I wanted to talk about.
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zog said:
I was refering to the wiggy in Marks post. You know, the Wiggy, the topic of this thread?
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My bad. I thought the reference was for solenoid testers in general, not a particular brand. You know, wiggy with a lower-case W. :)

Marc?
 
LarryFine said:
My bad. I thought the reference was for solenoid testers in general, not a particular brand. You know, wiggy with a lower-case W. :)

Marc?
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Beats me. I sucked in English class. Where I live, "Over the fence, throw hay to the cows, once", is a perfectly acceptacle sentence. Capitol letters? Don't know much about those.
 
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satcom said:
May I ask, why you would want to say good riddance, to one of the few safety voltage testers still on the market, the only other safe option is a 3 lamp light bulb test, but the home made, test leads on that would not mesure up to current safety standards.
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I feel the wiggy is junk that is my opinion.
 
Well-try a fluke t+pro. phase rotation, continuity, AC/DC volts, resistance, tests gfci and an LED light. Lights vibrates and beebs on voltage.
All of $85.
T+ is about $40 but no phase rotation.
Beats me how it can measure phase rotation with only two leads.
 
mdshunk said:
Capitol letters? Don't know much about those.
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Allow me to rephrase the question: were you referring only to the Wiggington brand, or solenoid testers in general?
 
LarryFine said:
Allow me to rephrase the question: were you referring only to the Wiggington brand, or solenoid testers in general?
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I was talking about Wigginton, but the discussion that resulted was actually much more interesting. Forums are neat like that.
 
mivey said:
Come on, don't hold back, why don't you tell us how you really feel about it?:)
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Hey Ive gotta work with this stuff. It makes my skin crawl. When I was techie oriented the simpson was the bomb then the fluke 77 bechman tech 310 any of this junk ring a bell? State of the art 30 yrs ago..........
 
mdshunk said:
Beats me. I sucked in English class. Where I live, "Over the fence, throw hay to the cows, once", is a perfectly acceptacle sentence. Capitol letters? Don't know much about those.
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So I clicked the link, and I guess I need to send my address so you can deliver a bunch of stuff:confused:
 
Wiggies,are total junk.You want a REAL tester? Just attach two 18 AWG wires to a 60W light bulb. Want to check 277v? No problem,just insert a buck boost xfer between the leads and the light bulb. If it don't light ,it aint right!You young punks think you KNOW it all!:grin:
 
LarryFine said:
My bad. I thought the reference was for solenoid testers in general, not a particular brand. You know, wiggy with a lower-case W. :)

Marc?
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As I understand it, they are all being discontinued across the board, including Fluke and Ideal models of solenoid testers. Here is a google search on Ideal's.

Here is Fluke's explanation as to why.

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georgestolz said:
As I understand it, they are all being discontinued across the board, including Fluke and Ideal models of solenoid testers. Here is a google search on Ideal's.

Here is Fluke's explanation as to why.

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What a sales pitch, just make the consumer feel he had something old and you have the new improved product, of course their new electronic version can never fail, we all know how reliable electriconic device are under a surge.
 
What Fluke said:

This higher impedance has a downside: an electronic tester might indicate voltage on a non-energized conductor (e.g. ghost voltages). This can happen when one conductor induces a voltage in another conductor parallel to it. This voltage indication can be a disadvantage by showing a false positive.

http://us.fluke.com/usen/promotions/solenoid
 
georgestolz said:
As I understand it, they are all being discontinued across the board, including Fluke and Ideal models of solenoid testers. Here is a google search on Ideal's.

Here is Fluke's explanation as to why.
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It was Archie Bunkers' son-in-law Michael who said it best:

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"New and improved? What were we
using before? Old and lousy?!"​
 
iaov said:
Never would leave home without my Vol Con tester but I still call it a Wiggy.:grin:
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I agree. It would be like going to work without your pants on.

Hmmm... Now that I'm retired maybe I don't need to wear pants anymore.:grin:

John
 
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