B&Q 230V Socket tester

Ratbag57 - 5 / 5 - 25/04/2018

Socket tester

I bought this to check some kitchen electrical outlets in a newly-purchased house. It correctly identified three plug sockets that were missing earth connections. I used it throughout the house after this. The potential for an electrical accident was clearly very high in a kitchen where water & conductive surfaces are all near at hand. I would heartily recommend this easy-to-use tester to anybody buying a house from a DIY electrician. The importance of a professional electrical check when entering a new property cannot be over-emphasised.

Richard 7777 - 5 / 5 - 22/04/2016

Perfect easy to use self explanatory

I wanted this to go with my pat testing kit as a landlord and it is ideal.I found an unsafe socket in one of my houses and called in an electrician

Steve 56 - 4 / 5 - 19/04/2016

Usb sockets

Products were as advertised prompt delivery would use again

Al Falfa - 5 / 5 - 14/12/2014

easy to use

bought this to check on some sockets I wanted to replace. Easy to use. Did the job. So cheap - to stay safe!!

huston - 5 / 5 - 13/04/2014

great little tool , just gives you peace of mind when doing those fiddly jobs with sockets

Hardwarexpert - 5 / 5 - 05/10/2013

Handy thing to have

I'm currently in the process of re-wiring my house and brought this socket tester to obviously test the sockets. Every socket I've tested has been ok thankfully. The 3 ring mains I have wired in are all on a RCD protected circuit and this tester hasn't tripped it once, so I'm not sure if the other reviewer had a faulty unit. 5 stars from me.

MACH1 - 1 / 5 - 19/08/2013

Useless

When I plugged this into a 13A socket to start testing this promptly caused the RCD in the consumer unit to trip. I have since found a number of internet postings saying that this is not uncommon with these low cost type testers. I returned the product for a refund.