Picked up one of these to check out power points in the house a friend was moving into. While I am more than capable of verifying power point wiring, I'm not a qualified electrician, so I wanted something that looked "professional" in case I wanted to take photos to show the agent. I liked that this one showed voltages - and the NCV was a bonus, even if the sensitivity was a bit on the low side for my liking. The RCD test button was also nice.
This particular unit was built for the Chinese market. While the pins are the same for Australia, the Chinese have theirs oriented with the earth at the top. In Australia, it's at the bottom. So, while it works quite well, the display is upside down. (Insert your "Down Under jokes here") Easy answer is to have a short extension lead at hand. You still view the screen with the inverted pin layout, but that's not hard to adjust to.
Re-orienting to the Australian layout - with the screen pin locations matching the outlet - won't be easy. Spinning the plug isn't too difficult, but the screen is LCD and changing that will require a lot more effort.
As an aside, while finding a couple of issues - including the property lacking a "safety switch" (RCD breaker) - I was able to verify that all power points were live and wired correctly... including this stellar example of
Here we have a wall mount double power point firmly installed flat on the floor facing up - underneath the laundry tub! As you can see, it sports a lovely example of the carnage one might expect in such a situation.
An electrician is on his way.
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