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I am Interested to know what you are paying to have your MF tester calibrated, and by whom and how often do you get it done? More info later
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Depends on scheme and how regular you cross check and log your gear? Easier IMOH to get your kit done each year.
I purchased a 1730 mft a few months ago and the actual certificate of callibration megger gave expired in december 2012, I contacted test meter uk and they said my year of calibration starts from the date I first use the tester is this correct as I am looking to join a part p scheme soon and dont want this to trip me up?
Megger calibration certificates and UKAS calibration certificates do not give an expire date
Megger calibration certificates have a box next to Date Commissioned which you fill in when you start using the meter .
Their is no expire date on UKAS certificates as the Lab does not know how many times the meter has been used , the conditions,etc.
Most non UKAS labs certificates give a recall date of one year after calibration.
a one year calibration interval is only a recommendation however most schemes want it
quite rite Lucien...+1 foir Glenn's monthly cross check of everything against an instrument freshly stickered at the cal service. It's a matter of common sense which units are the most likely suspects. An instrument sat on a shelf in a warm dry office and used once a week is less likely to go out of calibration or develop a fault than one rattling around in the back of a van, used 8 hours a day, sometimes in the rain etc. The idea of using something for a year without checking against anything else is daft, imagine the workload if you discovered that every test you had done in the last 12 months was invalid! So, if you have two units, and you get them done alternately but cross-check regularly you halve the overall cost of calibration but get a better level of security in your readings.
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