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The invention is directed to a device combining a handled tool, such as wire strippers, with one or more testing components useful for testing electrical circuits, such as continuity testers and voltage detectors, with the testing components integrated into a like number of handle grips.

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1. A device combininga handled tool, said handled tool having a first member and a second member, the first member having a handle end and a working end and the second member having a handle end and a working end, with the first member pivotally connected to the second member at a pivot point such t

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A device combininga handled tool, said handled tool having a first member and a second member, the first member having a handle end and a working end and the second member having a handle end and a working end, with the first member pivotally connected to the second member at a pivot point such that the working end of the first member is located on the same side of the pivot point as the working end of the second member, whereby the working end of the first member and the working end of the second member are suitably adapted to together comprise a working component of the handled tool, said working component being wire stripping blades, plier jaws, cutter blades, and the like, such that said working component is operated by manual manipulation of the handle ends of the first and second members; a testing component, said testing component suitably adapted to test electrical circuits, with said testing component comprising a power source and an indicator, wherein the power source has a first terminal and a second terminal, with the first and second terminals being of opposite polarity; and a handle grip, said handle grip suitably adapted to accommodate the testing component and to fit over the handle end of the first member, providing both a means for integrating the testing component with the handled tool and a means for improving a user's ability to manually grasp the handled tool during use, with said handle grip being constructed of an insulating, non-conducting material having an open first end, a closed second end, an outer skin, an interior space, a handle pocket situated within the interior space, and a tester pocket situated within the interior space adjacent to and sharing a common wall with the handle pocket, such that the common wall subdivides the interior space of the handle grip into the handle pocket and the tester pocket, wherein the handle pocket is suitably adapted to accommodate the handle end of the first member, the tester pocket is suitably adapted to accommodate the testing component, and the outer skin of the handle grip adjacent to the tester pocket has apertures providing access to the testing component. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the power source comprises a battery having a first terminal and a second terminal, with the first and second terminals being of opposite polarity, whereby the first terminal of the battery is the first terminal of the power source and the second terminal of the battery is the second terminal of the power source.3. The device of claim 1 wherein the power source comprisesa first battery, having a first terminal and a second terminal, with the first and second terminals of the first battery being of opposite polarity, and a second battery, having a first terminal and a second terminal, with the first terminal of the second battery being of the same polarity as the first terminal of the first battery and the second terminal of the second battery being of the same polarity as the second terminal of the first battery; whereby the first terminal of the first battery and the first terminal of the second battery correspond to the first terminal of the power source, and the second terminal of the first battery and the second terminal of the second battery correspond to the second terminal of the power source. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the indicator is selected from the group comprising a lamp and a buzzer.5. The device of claim 1, wherein the testing component is a continuity tester.6. The device of claim 5, wherein the continuity tester is further comprised ofa first contact plate, constructed of an electrically conductive material; a second contact plate, constructed of an electrically conductive material; a plurality of wires for connecting the first contact plate to the power source, the power source to the indicator, and the indicator to the second contact plate; and a base strip, constructed of an insulating, non-conductive material; whereby the first contact plate is serially in connection by a wire with the first terminal of the power source, the second terminal of the power source is serially in connection by a wire with the indicator, the indicator is serially in connection by a wire with the second contact plate, and the first contact plate, second contact plate, power source, and indicator are fixedly attached to the base strip. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein the apertures situated along the outer skin of the handle grip are aligned with the first contact plate, the second contact plate, and the indicator.8. The device of claim 6, wherein the continuity tester is further comprised ofa first tester lead, constructed of an electrically conductive material; and a second tester lead, constructed of an electrically conductive material; whereby the first tester lead is serially in connection with the first terminal of the power source and the second tester lead is serially in connection with the indicator, with the first tester lead serving as a remote alternative top the first contact plate and the second tester lead serving as a remote alternative to the second contact plate. 9. The device of claim 5, wherein the continuity tester is further comprised ofa printed circuit board, having integrated thereon a first integrated contact plate, a second integrated contact plate, and the indicator, whereby the power source is fixedly attached to the printed circuit board, the first integrated contact plate is serially in connection with the first terminal of the power source, the second terminal of the power source is serially in connection with the indicator, and the indicator is serially in connection with the second integrated contact plate. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein the apertures situated along the outer skin of the handle grip are aligned with the first integrated contact plate, the second integrated contact plate, and the indicator.11. The device of claim 5, further comprisinga second testing component; and a second handle grip, said second handle grip suitably adapted to accommodate the second testing component and to fit over the handle end of the second member of the handled tool, providing both a means for integrating the second testing component with the handled tool and a means for improving a user's ability to manually grasp the handled tool during use; wherein the second handle grip is constructed of an insulating, non-conducting material, has an open first end, a closed second end, an outer skin, an interior space, a handle pocket situated within the interior space, and a tester pocket situated within the interior space adjacent to and sharing a common wall with the handle pocket, such that the common wall subdivides the interior space of the handle grip into the handle pocket and the tester pocket, the handle pocket of the second handle grip is suitably adapted to accommodate the handle end of the second member, the tester pocket of the second handle grip is suitably adapted to accommodate the second testing component, the outer skin of the second handle grip adjacent to the tester pocket has apertures providing access to the second testing component, and the second testing component is a voltage detector. 12. The device of claim 11, wherein the second handle grip is further comprised of reinforcing ribs situated within the interior space and exterior to the handle pocket and the tester pocket.13. The device of claim 11, wherein the second handle grip is constructed of a material selected from the group comprising rigid plastic, rubberized plastic, polycarbonate, and polystyrene.14. The device of claim 1, wherein the handle grip is further comprised of reinforcing ribs situated within the interior space and exterior to the handle pocket and the tester pocket.15. The device of claim 1, wherein the handle grip is constructed of a material selected from the group comprising rigid plastic, rubberized plastic, polycarbonate, and polystyrene.16. A device, combininga handled tool, said handled tool having a first member and a second member, the first member having a handle end and a working end and the second member having a handle end and a working end, with the first member pivotally connected to the second member at a pivot point such that the working end of the first member is located on the same side of the pivot point as the working end of the second member, whereby the working end of the first member and the working end of the second member are suitably adapted to together comprise a working component of the handled tool, said working component being wire stripping blades, plier jaws, cutter blades, and the like, such that said working component is operated by manual manipulation of the handle ends of the first and second members; a testing component, said testing component suitably adapted to test electrical circuits, wherein said testing component is a voltage detector; and a handle grip, said handle grip suitably adapted to accommodate the testing component and to fit over the handle end of the first member, providing both a means for integrating the testing component with the handled tool and a means for improving a user's ability to manually grasp the handled tool during use, with said handle grip being constructed of an insulating, non-conducting material selected from the group comprising rigid plastic, rubberized plastic, polycarbonate, and polystyrene, said handle grip having an open first end, a closed second end, an outer skin, an interior space, a handle pocket situated within the interior space, and a tester pocket situated within the interior space adjacent to and sharing a common wall with the handle pocket, such that the common wall subdivides the interior space of the handle grip into the handle pocket and the tester pocket, wherein the handle pocket is suitably adapted to accommodate the handle end of the first member, the tester pocket is suitably adapted to accommodate the testing component, and the outer skin of the handle grip adjacent to the tester pocket has apertures providing access to the testing component.