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We hold a contract with a local letting agent who has approx. 450 houses. They are wanting us to start a PAT testing program across these and I have negotiated some not too bad prices so it is definitely worthwhile us completing this as it is also a foot in the door for further faults we find at premises, which is always a bonus.
Prior to this we have just been completing PAT testing (PA testing, in service inspection, whatever they call it these days) alongside EICRs as an added value item so have just been using a Kewtech patadaptor.
However with the advent of 450 properties a year to complete, I'm looking to invest in one or possibly 2 proper testers to enable us to complete this work. As we are not testing anything 'out of the ordinary' and volumes are not huge, we really need a solid tester but speed/ease of use are probably the main concerns.
I would be of the thinking that battery powered (with option of mains for proper leakage tests) would be the best course of action?
I have seen the Seaward Primetest 250+ which looked pretty good, seems to do everything we'd need of it and is fast, simple to use and lightweight/not bulky. Does this come up with the stupid Seaward calibration message like on the Europas?
I was always a fan of FLUKE gear, but the 6500-2 looks expensive and a 2nd hand 6500 still looks a bit overkill perhaps for the work we would be doing. Do you think that we really *need* anything with downloadable memories? We use Easycert amongst ourselves (all 2 of us & a labourer) on tablets which sync with the computer. Do you think we could make this work with a non downloadable kit and easyPAT?
Any other help appreciated
James
We hold a contract with a local letting agent who has approx. 450 houses. They are wanting us to start a PAT testing program across these and I have negotiated some not too bad prices so it is definitely worthwhile us completing this as it is also a foot in the door for further faults we find at premises, which is always a bonus.
Prior to this we have just been completing PAT testing (PA testing, in service inspection, whatever they call it these days) alongside EICRs as an added value item so have just been using a Kewtech patadaptor.
However with the advent of 450 properties a year to complete, I'm looking to invest in one or possibly 2 proper testers to enable us to complete this work. As we are not testing anything 'out of the ordinary' and volumes are not huge, we really need a solid tester but speed/ease of use are probably the main concerns.
I would be of the thinking that battery powered (with option of mains for proper leakage tests) would be the best course of action?
I have seen the Seaward Primetest 250+ which looked pretty good, seems to do everything we'd need of it and is fast, simple to use and lightweight/not bulky. Does this come up with the stupid Seaward calibration message like on the Europas?
I was always a fan of FLUKE gear, but the 6500-2 looks expensive and a 2nd hand 6500 still looks a bit overkill perhaps for the work we would be doing. Do you think that we really *need* anything with downloadable memories? We use Easycert amongst ourselves (all 2 of us & a labourer) on tablets which sync with the computer. Do you think we could make this work with a non downloadable kit and easyPAT?
Any other help appreciated
James
