Continuity checker-where to buy

[Blair]

I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a crocodile
clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
voltage in the circuit.
I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in a
large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
Any suggestions?
Blair

 

[Ted Rubberford]

I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a
crocodile
clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
voltage in the circuit.
I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in
a
large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
Any suggestions?
Blair

Would be a help if we knew what part of the world you were from.

Teddy Rubberford..

 

[TimPerry]

I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a crocodile
clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
voltage in the circuit.
I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in a
large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
Any suggestions?
Blair

very cheap ohmmeters seem to be available at most hardware and auto parts
stores.

or you could run a couple wires from most any flashlight.

you could be the envy of the club if you picked up a nice used Fluke DMM at
a pawn shop

 

[ehsjr]

I have a continuity checker which consists of a lamp, a battery, a crocodile
clip and a sharp pointer which can detect a break in the line with no
voltage in the circuit.
I have had mine for years but cannot trace where I bought it.
I want to buy one for a friend who is a model railway enthusiast and it
would be very helpful to him to be able to detect which rail is faulty in a
large circuit with numerous rails joined together.
Any suggestions?
Blair

Harbor Freight has a VOM on sale for $2.99
http://www.harborfreight.com/

It can be used to look for very low resistance
in place of the continuity checker, and can also
measure voltage, current and higher resistances.

Ed

 

[Blair]

Would be a help if we knew what part of the world you were from.

Teddy Rubberford..

I live in Pitlochry,Perthshire, Scotland
Blair