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sujit · 6th September 2003, 01:50 PM

hi, sir

i want to ask the prevous question that i have asked but it was the tester that tells os the presence of electricity by glowing led or some light. that made up like a pen shape.wheater u can detect both DC and AC by that teser or not. why u don't get a shock while testing through a tester, but we get a electric shock while touching live line. and why it forms a closed loop while testing through a tester . is our body is act as a capacitor or a condoctor .

i will be very happy by getting my answers. thank u sir.

Gene · 6th September 2003, 05:08 PM

Sounds like you might be talking about the little neon bulb testers by your description. They are designed to detect AC. The reason you do not get shocked is that there is no filiment in the bulb. In fact, there is no connection between the test leads as the bulb glows by exciting gas in the bulb. Relative to polarity, if you hold one lead tip in your hand and touch the other lead to household AC, the "hot" lead will cause the bulb to glow. The "netural" lead will not. Since I really don't know what kind of tester you have, I don't recommend the above process.

When you get shocked, your body is acting as a conductor. The amount of conductivity is determined by how tight you are holding the hot wire, how well you are grounded (bare footed on a wet concrete floor can kill you), and the amount of sodium / water in your skin.

Phasor · 6th September 2003, 10:31 PM

I think I know what sujit is talking about - It's a non-contact voltage detector, often called a "volt-finger". Common amongst electricians.

Something like this:
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/Q1531

Since it detects an electric field, not a magnetic field, I assume that it uses capacitive detection.

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6th September 2003, 01:50 PM	(permalink)
sujit	line tester(or phase tester) hi, sir i want to ask the prevous question that i have asked but it was the tester that tells os the presence of electricity by glowing led or some light. that made up like a pen shape.wheater u can detect both DC and AC by that teser or not. why u don't get a shock while testing through a tester, but we get a electric shock while touching live line. and why it forms a closed loop while testing through a tester . is our body is act as a capacitor or a condoctor . i will be very happy by getting my answers. thank u sir.

6th September 2003, 05:08 PM	(permalink)
Gene	Sounds like you might be talking about the little neon bulb testers by your description. They are designed to detect AC. The reason you do not get shocked is that there is no filiment in the bulb. In fact, there is no connection between the test leads as the bulb glows by exciting gas in the bulb. Relative to polarity, if you hold one lead tip in your hand and touch the other lead to household AC, the "hot" lead will cause the bulb to glow. The "netural" lead will not. Since I really don't know what kind of tester you have, I don't recommend the above process. When you get shocked, your body is acting as a conductor. The amount of conductivity is determined by how tight you are holding the hot wire, how well you are grounded (bare footed on a wet concrete floor can kill you), and the amount of sodium / water in your skin.

6th September 2003, 10:31 PM	(permalink)
Phasor	I think I know what sujit is talking about - It's a non-contact voltage detector, often called a "volt-finger". Common amongst electricians. Something like this: http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.st...uct/View/Q1531 Since it detects an electric field, not a magnetic field, I assume that it uses capacitive detection.