Originally Posted by
David Banks
I have the 61-165 also and I know what you mean about the slight delay but I am willing to live with it. I do like to check for voltage drop and volts just to make sure nothing really screwy going on. Plus I have caught a couple of false grounds.
Yeah, I like that part too. But looking at other message boards has me shying away from reporting the voltage drop unless it is extremely excessive; I have fairly banal prepared text for my report. I don't use it too much.
FYI, I have caught a lot of false grounds and outlets without a ground, but I found that if you unplug the 165 (I usually do it where the cord connects to the unit) wait a pause and replug it in, the false or no-ground condition disappears. Since I discovered that, I have had virtually no false ground readings or no ground readings. Secondly, and you may already know this, the instructions mention if you're within so many feet of the panel (15' I think) that it will give you a false ground reading too. It was also very frustrating when the middle ground light would not light on outlets I knew were grounded.
I did purchase and receive the 059 unit. It is much smaller, lights instantly and trips GFCI much faster (if it's proper) than the 165. I'm wondering, if I were to add up the time difference spent waiting on the device at each outlet, how much would I gain?
Anyway, the ability to use the 059 one-handed is great.
Thanks,
Bruce