Every Electrician Needs One Of These: Cliff Quicktest

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The original screw-less connector. The Cliff Quicktest is a great addition to any electrical test bench for testing equipment that doesn't have a plug fitted.
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🕐 TIME STAMPS 🕕
00:00 Have you ever used one of these?
00:34 Why the Quick Test exists
01:25 Why didn't they just attach a plug?
01:55 The original screwless connector
02:10 We use the Quick test all the time
02:38 Quick Test specifications
02:54 Good news for US and Canadian viewers
03:07 It's useful to fix it to the bench
03:22 A 3-phase version 👀
03:33 Where can you buy it?
04:09 The Quick Test is essential
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#quicktest #electricaltesting #electricalinstallation

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@efixx Ай бұрын

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@G1ZQCArtwork Ай бұрын

I was given a Cliff Quick test about 50 years ago, I still use it. I found a variant at an Amateur Radio rally a few years ago, so now I have two.

@TommysToesandHeels Ай бұрын

In the UK in the 1960s a very similar thing was called a Safe Block. All Service Departments had them.

@jingyjinx8188 11 күн бұрын

I bought one of these from RS around 30yrs ago it's brilliant. And recently inherited a second one.

@dougle03 29 күн бұрын

I think we can all thank Big Clive for making the Cliff quicktest part of everyday KZfaq electrical viewing... Although I do rather like his 'cheapy chinese' death tester that he uses now... Living on the edge...

@colinritchie1510 28 күн бұрын

Had one of these for years, and very useful. If you have a 13A plug supplying it then you can test appliances with no plug. However, I also have a flex with Wagos at one end, and bare wires at the other. Pit the bare wires into the quicktest and connect heaters or other hard-wired items to the Wagos after disconnecting the item from the FCU. The 13A plug them goes into your portable appliance tester for ISITEE. Thus, it works both ways, a power supply for items with no plug, and a tester for ISITEE.

@aarocka11 Ай бұрын

Big Clive enjoyers have known about this for years.

@arcadia1701e 29 күн бұрын

Got one years ago after seeing big Clive with it. Its been very usefull.

@Rivenworld Ай бұрын

Ha, I used to use these where I worked over 40 years ago, never thought I would never see one again.

@waynio67 Ай бұрын

Still got my dads quick test from the 60’s still going strong,

@Savagetechie Ай бұрын

Just checked the current pricing! My last one was only £25. I had 2 attached to the front of my workbench they come in especially hand when testing PSUs, ballasts etc when you've pulled them from the appliance under repair.

@chris_burnett 29 күн бұрын

Trip down memory lane. I was using these safe blocks 30 years ago for powering up on a test bench.

@peewee3ie 29 күн бұрын

I picked one at a car boot sales about 20 years ago for about 1 punt (Irish pound) and use it a good bit as I do some electronic repairs and it handy when fixing old electronic items when they don't have a plug.

@russellslater4037 29 күн бұрын

I love mine for being able to live test items before I've completed the job. By using this, rather than fitting a plug during the repair/test phase, it prevents some numpty plugging in an item that is not yet safe for general use.

@brianwood5220 Ай бұрын

Had one for years, they're very handy.

@guffermeister 29 күн бұрын

These are great for testing kit, altough since pre-wired plugs have been UK law (and I had to look this up is 1992!) they are not quite as often used as I would have done. Are still handy things even if the genuine ones are not cheap.

@Electronics-Rocks Ай бұрын

I have had my unit i purchased in the 80's how many people still using reliable safe test equipment over 35 years( yes hand tools)! It is worth the £45 as rugged & safe. Most people here are just in wiring premises so understand your lack of requirements. I have both single & 3 phase as great to check rotation before hard wired!

@Bigballs72 Ай бұрын

Used one for decades.. Its a exciting bit of kit..

@skanti-sp2qz Ай бұрын

In the TV trade it was called a SAFEBLOCK.

@TigerP1 Ай бұрын

My dad got me one in my teens in the 70's but I moved in to IT rather than 'tricity. I Think I still have it somewhere.

@CoolAEW 29 күн бұрын

Had one on my wishlist for ages now, but It's so expensive..

@markkennard861 25 күн бұрын

First time I ever saw one of these was about 30 seconds ago... :) NZ sparky for 40 years.

@anenglishmaninbrazil3212 Ай бұрын

I have had mine for years and brought it to Brazil, they are supposed to use Black for Line And Blue for Neutral in reality they use any damn colour they have so they dont have to buy more, 99% of standard houses do not have CPC even if its at the meter because of the cost of running more cable. They don't even earth the death showers.

@gavinspiby8304 Ай бұрын

Used these years decades ago 😃 The 3 phase one looks Hmmm 🤔 😃

@robertsmall1715 Ай бұрын

Been using them for decades.

@davewood4604 29 күн бұрын

Yay I already have one, in about 30 years I must have used it at least once

@joopterwijn Ай бұрын

They are great, but be careful with the brass connection inside (where you connect your main lead). I ‘screwed’ one up by over tidying the screw. It better to hold the base with a needle-nose-pliers and then tighten the top screw to hold you lead wire. The first one I used the bottom T-screw that holds the jack in place and connect to internal brass connector strips out!

@stunimbus1543 Ай бұрын

1:38 round pin lighting plugs and sockets are still available.

@Electronics-Rocks Ай бұрын

Yep still use them in lighting especially theatres

@calmeilles 29 күн бұрын

1970s comprehensive school physics lab, every second 13 Amp double socket had one of these screwed to the bench and hard wired into the supply, I suppose to prevent nickage.

@RaithUK Ай бұрын

I seen these years ago as BigClive uses them often on his channel.

@anthonybragg Ай бұрын

Didn't think they had stopped being made.

@raychambers3646 Ай бұрын

Had one for about 40 yrs .

@tomstephenson8579 29 күн бұрын

I have one from early 60 , still in use and not a mark on it

@xlfive Ай бұрын

Still have and still use my safeblock I was issued as and apprentice back in 1976 ,also have another type which is called a Loblite test adapter does anyone still have one of these

@Xavier-qm3jc 29 күн бұрын

As seen on Bigclive

@gordonp6353 Ай бұрын

Back in the days of appliances not having moulding on plugs I worked in a service dept, customers would bring in items for repair with the plug removed this was A: So we didn't pinch it. B: To say we had pinched it because it was defiantly on there and we have to replace it or C: Because more than one appliance was wired into one plug. These Quicktest were never any good unless we striped the cable back to have enough wire to reach the clip terminals inside it. Lets just say we had other ways of connecting the wire to an AC outlet. . . .

@erwinabelmann 20 күн бұрын

Thank god thats England is an Island 🙏

@steviejc666 Ай бұрын

bloody hell i used to have the same case as gary about 25 years agoish

@FirstDan2000 Ай бұрын

I was surprised that fitting a plug was ever on the school curriclium. I left school in 89 and that wasn't taught to me. I think it should still be taught.

@r.h.8754 Ай бұрын

I was taught how to wire a plug at school in 1969 or 1970, when I was 9 or 10. In 2018 my (ex) employer took on somebody aged about 35, they had absolutely no idea how to wire a plug which, as we were field service techs., was a bit worrying!

@garypautard1069 Ай бұрын

I think most electricians would join me in holding up our hands in horror at the electrical bodge-ups made by DIY/home owners . I have seen power points wired in Christmas Tree flex , wire ends twisted together and wrapped in parcel tape and cables fitted diagonally across a wall and covered in filler.

@EdwardBretherton 27 күн бұрын

Don't forget the favourite choc blocks plastered into walls, come across this alot .

@assandibba8284 Ай бұрын

I have used it for years

@ZadiesLIVE Ай бұрын

eFIXX, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!

@efixx Ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

@JayG2K Ай бұрын

coincidentally just bought one 4 days ag on on ebay. someone was selling so i put in a offer. otherwise too expensive at nearly £50!+

@b00130629 Ай бұрын

Fit a rcd plug on the other end 😉

@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr0 16 күн бұрын

So what does it do?

@r.h.8754 Ай бұрын

Shows there is nothing new in the world...wish I could remember what happened to my Safeblock!🤣

@tjwatts100 28 күн бұрын

That's been around since at least the 70s.

@UnimportantAcc Ай бұрын

Essential? The wagos do fine...

@jpptubie 29 күн бұрын

I’ve had a Safe Block for years. They are nothing new.

@keithg1xfl Ай бұрын

I've had one for at Least 40 year's, Dont think it's called a quicktest Though

@MyProjectBoxChannel 27 күн бұрын

I have modified mine so that the neon indicates if the fuse inside has blown. The neon now only comes one when the lid is closed, and indicates that the terminals have output power on them. I don't know why they didn't make them like that in the first place🤔. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLqiiKp10NWod5s.html

@eddiereed5025 Ай бұрын

vastly overpriced

@alanrobinson847 Ай бұрын

Agreed, I've always wanted one for bench testing but not paying that

@lewiswarren8209 Ай бұрын

Another product placement video...

@eddiereed5025 Ай бұрын

Vastly overpriced

@AAaa-wu3el Ай бұрын

That "quick-test" is not safe to use. You risk an electric shock when open it with wires connected because you can't see under lip you use to open it. And exactly under that lip bare wire is waiting for your finger. Design of this thing should be changed before it can go to the public use.

@Tekwyzard Ай бұрын

It's perfectly safe if used when all your brain cells are reasonably well engaged. If the cover is lifted even a small amount, both phase and neutral are disconnected, it has a built in 13Amp fuse, and the wires, if inserted properly, with just enough bare copper versus too much, are perfectly well shielded from even the skinniest pinky finger. The thing is as safe as it could possibly be, it's even quite difficult to just pull the wires out, as the clamping force is surprisingly large, so yeah, even members of the public have been using the things already, for literally decades, with afaik no reported incidents.

@johnwarwick4105 Ай бұрын

Yer that's why they were called "safe blocks" suggest you actually have a at one

@AAaa-wu3el 29 күн бұрын

@@Tekwyzard It's safe when top lid is lifted or closed. But to open this "safe block" you must use the lip in front of device. You put your finger under the lip and lift the top cover. You put your finger exactly to the place where all cables come out, usually with single isolation at best. No, this device is not safe to use, it has a design flaw that must be addressed before it go to sale.

@Tekwyzard 29 күн бұрын

@@AAaa-wu3el Why 'must I use the lip in front of the device' to open it? Go on, why? It's got a huge chonkin lid that I can grab anywhere, even with clumsy fingers were my finger to actually be clumsy. It's easy to open, very easy, almost buttery smooth in fact. So what are you on about? I've had one of these for decades, so I know what I'm on about, do you have one? Have you ever had hands on one to try it? If not, you haven't a clue. You do have valid comment re. the single insulation, but that's where the brain cells come in handy, i.e. don't be an idiot with barely tamed electrons, and yes, that respect comes from having had a few interesting shocks in my time.

@AAaa-wu3el 29 күн бұрын

@@Tekwyzard No, you can not open this device just by pulling up the top lid - you will lift whole thing instead of opening it. Your "battery smooth" contacts must be more tight to achieve good contact, by the way. And if you electrician, you definitely won't use both hands to operate such a device. So, to open it you must use one hand, put your fingers under the front lip without seeing what's underneath it - exactly the place where bare ends of cable could be. It's unsafe. it's a design flaw of that "safe block".

@blow0me Ай бұрын

Poor design, needs a more easily changed fuse, and fuse holders for spares. As for teachers in school showing how to connect a plug...one of mine tried to teach. His method was utterly ridiculous and he should never be teaching others it