Technicians use a variety of tools in their jobs, from the ones they hold in their hands to fabricate or install or service equipment, to the ones they use to move from one location to the next. This product roundup includes GPS, hand tools, instruments, and vehicles that technicians use to perform their jobs daily.

Extech Instruments, makers of handheld test and measurement tools, has announced the relocation of its headquarters to a new facility in Nashua, N.H. Extech said that it is moving, along with the Billerica, Mass., operations of parent company FLIR Systems’ Commercial Systems division.

Designed for retrofits, the AEGIS™ shaft voltage test kit makes it easier to measure and document damaging VFD-induced voltages while there is still time to head off bearing damage and equipment downtime. The kit can test every VFD-controlled motor in a whole production plant, office building, etc.

Extech Instruments announced that it has donated over $40,000 worth of handheld test equipment to high school vocational, technical, and science programs. The diverse array of Extech meters and testers was given to four high schools in eastern Massachusetts.

Fluke Corp. is introducing the Fluke® 430 Series II three-phase power quality analyzers, the first tools to use a patented algorithm to measure energy waste and quantify its cost, the company says.

The new AEGIS™ Shaft Voltage Test Kit is designed to make it easier to measure and document VFD-induced voltages while there is still time to head off damage and downtime, the company says.

The Draft Simulator from Draftrite LLC is designed to safely and accurately test pressure switches by simulating a draft inducer — no need for the furnace to be on.

The Optima vT Leak and Flow Tester™ includes one or two test channels with four sensors each, totally customizable pneumatics, multiple built-in automated calculators, and myriad data handling and storage options.