One of the best tools I ever added to my tool bag, and which I consider essential equipment is the Magic Wand tester which allows you to easily check and see if the electricity is turned off. I treasure them to the point that I decided to do a video some years ago about how to use one.

Having gone though several of them with out really seeing any of them really out shine the others, I now just use whichever one happens to be at Lowe’s when my current one breaks down.

And I seem to go through them faster than I do other testing tools, not sure why that is but it’s not a big deal because they are very reasonably price, normally starting around 20 bucks with some into the 80’s or 90’s. I tend to use the bottom end ones, simply because they get the job done for me.

They are a must have when trying to tell whether you have power to the machine or if the control board is actually sending power to a part.

Do yourself a favor and pick one up at your local parts supply or Lowe’s, you’ll be glad you did.

Written By Brett Singleton
Brett Singleton is a Web Developer and SEO Consultant (amid many other things). He resides in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina where he runs an appliance repair company. He has over 40 years of business and marketing success and endeavors to mentor and advise his fellow marketers and appliance techs.