New Fluke T6-1000 Electrical Tester

Electrical safety is our key concern and I'm always looking out for information that will help keep the industry safe. The following article is about a new product which was brought to my attention and I felt it was worth passing along. I hope you find it has value.

FLUKE has developed a new product. Click here or on the image to watch the product demo. Here's what they say about it:

You can’t measure voltage without test leads
The new Fluke T6-1000 Electrical Tester

FieldSense technology lets you slide the open fork over a conductor and see the voltage level.¹

Be safer: Measure voltage to 1000 V ac through the open fork, without test leads.
Be faster: No need to open covers or remove wire nuts.
Be more efficient: Simultaneously measure voltage and current.
Be everywhere: 17.8 mm open fork is widest in the industry; measure up to 200 A on 4/0 wires (120 mm2).

¹ Requires capacitive path to ground, provided through user in most applications. Ground connection via test lead may be required in some situations.

Our Comment: We wonder if it can determine the difference between ghost and real voltages? We didn't see anything in the documentation that addressed that. We did see information that just like non-contact voltage indicators that this works on capacitance but unlike the non-contact indicators the person using this device has to put his finger on a metallic contact on the meter to read the voltage. It also said that in some cases, where the user is not grounded, that you need a jumper from the contact on the instrument to something that is connected to the electrical grounding system. We don't see how this device could put a load on the circuit to eliminate ghost voltage indication.

If anybody has any experience with this product, please give us your feedback by posting a comment - it could be of great service to our industry.