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[Dylboy]

Hahaha yes that is true. It was fine when I was here... Also you can see if your readings up to shit and then change the battery and all is well hahaha.

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[Madek]

Our company pays R5000 annually to calibrate equipment. Note this equipment is also kept in a specialized suitcase due to it being expensive . It's not thrown under a bakkie seat. This is important for testing hazardous areas. Someone said when you change your battery it will but my expectation would be to ensure that you replace your batteries before you send it to the lab. Someone also asked where. I don't know it I m allowed to name the company (lab) name on this forum.

[Isetech]

Does anyone have a document or regulation that indicates that it is required by law, who would police it, maybe on a site which has consultants/engineers managing the site ? Even then, I have worked on a site were I was required to verify the standards were being followed and COC had to be verified as part of the contract, I didnt get paid because I refused to sign off the documents, they just got someone to come in behind me and pass what I recorded as incomplete.

I think it boils down to the type of equipment and the customer. I have found that the cheaper test equipment doesn't last long enough to require calibration or in some cases the equipment goes missing faster than it would require calibration.

Something we need to understand on this forum, at what level the forum member operates, if you are a domestic electrician, its literally a free for all, equipment calibration wouldn't even be considered even if there was a law in place.

Commercial construction sites would have safety measures in place but I doubt calibration would be required. Commercial maintenance, I doubt anyone bothers with calibration.

General Industrial construction once again, there would be safety measures in place, calibration, maybe on a large sites which have specialised requirements.

The calibration would be required for more specialised application, as someone mentioned, hazardous location or hospitals etc ?

[Firepool]

Just smile

Why do you need to test your equipment calibrated, if you just use the common required readings, if you get caught, your response is the same as I hear every time. "It was correct when we did the test"

To be fair if it was correct when tested how would you predict it's going to click out in future and how would you prevent it.That is why we take photos of our earth loop test readings.