Recommended test equipment

Well I started with the robin testers, moved onto the Megger 1552, then had two of those they were so good to use and now have the Megger 1741, which is an excellent bit of kit, but at £1000 it stings like hell to buy it. 

If - by chance - you're looking for a good second hand test kit, the Megger 1552 was an awesome bit of kit; I still have one as my back up. 

I have a Megger 1741 which is a good piece of kit. I also have a Kewtech KT65DL which is an excellent bit of kit but lacks the 2 wire low current loop test. I want to try a Kewtech KT66DL which does a 2 wire low current loop test and high current loop tests up to a 25A test current. I suspect the KT66DL has leap frog-ed over the Megger 1741. 

I stick with separates. I don't like the idea of being totally testerless in the event that a one-does-all box dies. So I stick with my trusty Fluke 1520 for insulation/continuity and Megger LCB2000/2 for loop & RCD

I have a Martindale ET4000 multifunction tester that I am very happy with. I have owned it for three or four years now. It has the figures for BS7671 built in, so gives you a pass / fail as well as an actual measured value. 

Regards,

Alan. 

Like you I had the Robin separates and loved them. I held on as long as I could as was sure that I wanted to stick with individual testers, but then a colleague got a kewtech kt64dl. I really liked it so got myself a kt65dl and I’ve never looked back. It’s easy to use, accurate and reliable.  At a recent elex show I talked myself into a kt66 as it can do the ev charger tests but it’s still in the box so can’t comment on that yet!

Always used Megger test equipment and its never let me down, replaced plenty of lead sets of course but thats par for the course.

Always used individual meters, maybe its just my Scottish blood, but saw a technician drop his all singing all dancing multi function Blue tooth etc meter from top of a set of steps, and that was it no more work for him and totally useless as he couldnt do anything, also expensive to replace. Im aware individual meters will add up to more cost, but one going faulty out of calibration or I drop it, I can do other tests and conyinue to work and if damage on that individual meter is fatal, not so expensive to replace.

Its really what suits you best and how you work.

GTB 

  I haven't got onto the EV Charger scene yet but have had a few enquiries. i didn't know they needed specific tests.  I will look into that i think before i get anything.  Thank you everybody.

Gary