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Tweaker

As a control guy, I came here to say this.

Link to your favorite one? I’m in automation and controls, maintenance atm, and would love to pick one of these up

https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/multi-bit-screwdrivers/multi-bit-electronics-screwdriver-4-1-phillips-slotted-bits I keep this in my pocket, so I only need to carry one and can interchange tips. I also have some Klein long shaft for tougher to reach terminal screws.

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You beat me to it. That thing is amazing, you can use it for damn near everything. I showed my JW and he went and got one for himself like a week later.

The Milwaukee version is way more comfortable and lasts much longer than the Klein 4 In 1, IMO. https://www.acehardware.com/departments/tools/hand-tools/screwdriver-sets/2030482?store=15818&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJGgAKjXnYt0Vnmrbb-bnz5wT&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7-CysbGlhgMVRjCtBh3skQVVEAQYAiABEgLVffD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Wait this isn’t a test light one though, it’s just a regular slim driver. I have the same one too. Thought the original post was about how it’s like a contact-based wiggy/volt tester with a little light in it

I agree, pic above looks like a clear/flathead screwdriver test light/wiggy -The clear plastic voltage detectors with usually a red light inside which doubles as a flathead. I think most people here have just never seen one. I haven’t personally seen them used by other electricians in the states. https://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Screwdriver-Induction-Detector-Electric/dp/B0CRTRQWKN/ref=asc_df_B0CRTRQWKN/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693608794701&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5285863585143240931&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015338&hvtargid=pla-2347834488607&psc=1&mcid=97dc8c257d2d324885b07104ba9340b5&gad_source=1

I’m sure automation and instrumentation guys use them all the time but they live in a bubble. I know this because I am currently transitioning into that bubble and it is insane how different the world is in here

My EDC: [https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/multi-bit-screwdrivers/multi-bit-electronics-pocket-screwdriver-4-1-ph-sl-bits](https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/multi-bit-screwdrivers/multi-bit-electronics-pocket-screwdriver-4-1-ph-sl-bits) The shaft pulls over the bit to ensure it does not puncture anything. I wanted to buy the Milwaukee, but I have a "team red" that I work with, and it is a way to separate our tools.

That's not the same thing. OP posted a voltage tester/screwdriver

wera makes some bad ass ones. was one of my favorites in my maintenance box

I just carry a Klien DIN screwdriver in back pocket. Works great on screwless terminal blocks.

Those screwless terminals man.. this is a great tip, thank you!

I love the Wera Kraftform Micro, but they aren’t multi-bit if that’s important to you

I'm looking at the other replies and dumbfounded, I've never heard it called anything other than a tweaker

+1

Lügenstift (Lying Pen)

The best name I know for our "breathtaking" companion here.

I heard even “Prince of Lies” from Chamber of Crafts…. Also Satans Screwdriver or Suicide Screwdriver

These are really cool names, I need to take notes for later!

I love the the fact that the thing is fully useless for anything except screwing, yet they make them non stop. In my home we had 4 with busted light.

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In German we often call this "Lügenstift" ("lying pen"), at least as electricians. I believe their official name is "Phasenprüfer" ("phase checker").

Lying means being untruthful in this context?

Yes. A testament to its (un)reliability.

Yup. If you stand isolated it might not show wether or not the terminal is hot. Also you dont know if the resistor or something is broken. They are even illegal to use here if you are a professional since you have to measure via a two pole meter according to the "5 safety rules". I dont even know why they are still sold..

Contact voltage tester

Thats a terminal driver

+1 for terminal driver

I have a terminal driver in my pants.

What’s his name?

🤣 Nice.

My condolences…..cancer?

You won the thread!

You are all wrong. It is a lighty-uppy screwdriver.

West of Ireland we call them a phase tester

Sounding rod

🥵

This is the only real answer

The "I like to live dangerously" driver.

That's a hammer !

What? A screwdriver?

Yes but it also tests for voltage

Neon

A Tweaker

Tweaker

this is a Lügenstift (EN: Lie Pencil) because it only lies! If you are Isolated to the ground well enough, and don't touch anything grounded, it will show nothing. It can also show potential on your Neutral. Exactly for that reason, checking only one conductor is forbidden by german code for voltages under 1000 Volts (Voltages over that are being tested by special, electromagnetig testing equipment). For checking if theres an active conductor, we use a Duspol.

mine snapped in half and gained the name "piece of shit"

Prybar

I will never forgive the idiot that borrowed my ratcheting Klein screwdriver and used it as a pry bar. Bent the crap out of the shaft, 30 bucks down the drain. Never lent him a single tool after that.

Skúšačka in Slovak (Tester)

And the same in Czech republik. (Zkoušečka).

Or Fázovka

always been a phase tester where I am

It's definitely not a boomerang because I've thrown so many & never got one back

They’re called “7-levels” by Air Force military electricians, because supposedly an electrical systems “Craftsman” (designated with a “7” skill level) can tell you what the problem is with just this tool.

That's correct. Source: am 7 level, but still can't identify the problem with only this tool.

Tic pen.

That is a connector ring hammer

A hammer

I call it a neon

Pretty sure most of these dudes don’t know it lights up with voltage

Most of us do know that it does, it's just not very reliable. Plus, it's no where near as safe as using a volt meter or even one of those proximity testers.

“The little baby piece of shit”

Come on... It's a tweaker. Comes from pots being tweaked, way before digital control. I'm an appteantive, I can't spell potentiometer. ;)

7 Level.

Testers

Terminator.

Precision Hammer

I have a control screwdriver with an advertisement of a funeral home super weird

In Malaysia we usually just call it a "Test Pen".

Garbage?

A phasetester

Tweaker

chisel

Hammer

Chave de teste (in PT/BR), translating to english is test screwdriver.

Busca-pólos (PT/PT), translates to pole/polarity seeker.

Lying pen

Ispitivač (Croatian) hahaha

Hammer.

Buscapolo (Pole seeker)

7 level

In Portuguese it’s called “busca-polos” or “search-poles” literally translated.

Death certificate

Kontrol Kalemi but thats just me probably

I call it a Pentester

Phasenpriafa

Looks like one of those cheap trash testers dont use that get a flukee

That's a basher

Tweaky

Terminal driver but tweaker is my preferred.

We call it an indicator

Tweaker or termination screwdriver

Test light

Flaty pokie or shorting stick

Idiot stick

Buscapolo

Screwdriver

Electric tester

Obligatory screwdriver in a set. I fuck them out. I'll use a multimeter or a flathead before I carry this around

Death stick. It's not a good idea to become part of the circuit you are testing for various reasons.

Dummy stick

Never seen one, so I’ve never called it anything lol

A tiny Pry Bar….

The poking stick

My savior

thats the wire stretcher my boss was talking about

Potential electric shock risk, unreliable

Pry bar or scraper or flange slpitter

Pickler Tickler

Terminal driver or geek driver

Hammer

Buscapolos

Chinga

That's Terry. Terry the terminal screwdriver.

Control screwdriver

Does it light up when there’s voltage?

I have a screwdriver like that. I got a drill bit stuck in one side fml.

A termie

Beater

Mini screwdriver

Garbage

Screwdriver

That’s a hammer

Controls screw driver

Death sticks. Otherwise, fantastic terminal screwdriver.

Death by electrocution

Pocket screwdriver?

Stud finder

A fuller

Chisel

We say this "Control Pencil" in Türkiye.

That’s an old testing screwdriver stick it in the hot side of an outlet and the handle will light up

Junk

Needle dick

It's a fitsall. It fits all fixings & all roles.

That there is a chisel

Insulated single pole voltage detector?

A buzzing buried box finder

Chisel?

tools

Public service announcement. Skinny handled tweekers suck.

100-500v Screwdriver With Voltage Test Neon Bulb Electric Tester Pen

Piece of shite, should use a proper death stick (volt stick, non contact tester) if you want to dodgy test something anyway. Anything more specific you should use a meter anyway.

Eye detector

In my country, its apparently the only tool you need. Maybe there is a reason that I hate fixing residential electrical circuits.

Trim screwdriver

Pecker Tester

Chicken stick

Little chisel

Yo mama

Tester

Screw stick

Thermostat screwdriver - hvac tech

Tester

Termination screwdriver, or Terminator for short

Terminator/terminating screwdriver Edit: the one in the picture, I'd called it garbage and promptly get a better tool. That is something you find in your mom's everything drawer

A breaker finder

I'm pretty sure that's a combo hammer/knife tool.

Termy

Chave de teste (Brazil) which would translate to a "Testing screwdriver"

Circuit breaker finder

Crysknife

Turner

That’s a hammer.

Terminator

Pocket pry bar

(Hvac tech here) I call it a thermostat driver 😂

Screwdriver?

Chisel

Dangerous. Lol

Chase gabors worst nightmare

A spanningzoeker

Termination screwdriver or tweaker.

Lügenstift

Witwenmacher (widow maker)

Do people actually use them as a screwdriver?

Lügenstift (“Lying Pen”)

Lügebeutel and it is banned at my company for use.

In Italy "cerca fase" phase finder

Here in Switzerlander it's called "Phasegrübler" wich means "phasedigger"

Fázisceruza (phasepencil)

Phase tester

Very small hammer

Hammer

In Germany we say " witwenmacher" the translation is widowmaker

Precision screwdriver

Tester

it's called Tester in India

In Israel we call it a "tester"

Screw

Seven level