Patent ID: 6828796
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An electrical continuity tester, comprising:a handheld case; a portable source of power contained within said handheld case; a switch mounted on said handheld case, the switch having first and second contacts; a light source mounted inside said handheld case viewable outside said hand held case and electrically coupled between said portable source of power and said switch; a probe mounted on the outside of said haudheld case and electrically coupled to the first contact of said switch and to said light source; and a three-wire electrical cord having a three-prong plug attached to one end of the cord, the plug having a hot prong, a neutral prong, and a ground prong, one of the wires being electrically coupled between the second contact of said switch and the neutral prong of a plug, and a second of the three wires being electrically coupled between an opposite end of said power source and the ground prong of said plug.